2556. [Collotype facsimiles of Irish manuscripts in the Bodleian library, no. 1:] Rawlinson B. 502; a collection of pieces in prose and verse in the Irish language, ed. Kuno Meyer. Oxford, 1909.

256. Domesday book, or the great survey of William the Conqueror [facsimiles of the parts relating to the various counties, ed. W. B. Sanders]. 33 pts. in 35 vols. Ordnance Survey Office, Southampton, 1861-64.

257. Facsimiles of ancient charters in the British Museum [Anglo-Saxon period, ed. E. A. Bond]. 4 pts. London, 1873-78. 144 plates. Facsimiles of royal and other charters in the British Museum, ed. G. F. Warner and H. J. Ellis. Vol. i., Wm. I.– Rich. I. London, 1903. 50 plates.

258. Facsimiles of Anglo-Saxon manuscripts, ed. W. B. Sanders. 3 pts. Ordnance Survey Office, Southampton, 187884. 121 plates.

259. Facsimiles of manuscripts and inscriptions, ed. E. A. Bond, E. M. Thompson, and G. F. Warner. Palæographical Soc. 3 vols. London, 1873-83; 2nd series, 2 vols., 1884-94; indexes, 1901.-Facsimiles of ancient manuscripts, ed. E. M. Thompson and others. New Palæographical Soc. Pts. i.-x. London, 1903-12. 250 plates.

The two series published by the Palæographical Society contain 465 plates, embracing writings of all ages and of all regions of Europe.

260. Facsimiles of national manuscripts [of England], from William the Conqueror to Queen Anne [ed. W. B. Sanders]. 4 pts. Ordnance Survey Office, Southampton, 1865-68. 341 facsimiles.

261. Facsimiles of national manuscripts of Ireland, ed. J. T. Gilbert. 4 pts. in 5 vols. London, etc., 1874-84. 182 facsimiles. The introductions were also separately printed: Account of Facsimiles of National MSS. of Ireland (London, 1884).

262. Facsimiles of national manuscripts of Scotland [ed. Cosmo Innes]. 3 pts. Ordnance Survey Office, Southampton, 1867-71. 272 facsimiles.

262a. JOHNSON, C., and JENKINSON, C. H. English court hand, illustrated chiefly from the public records, 1066-1500. In the press..

Contains many valuable facsimiles.

263. Recueil de fac-similés à l'usage de l'Ecole des Chartes. 4 pts. Paris, 1880-[87]. 100 plates, containing 185 facsimiles.

263a. Rouleau mortuaire du B. Vital, abbé de Savigné, contenant 207 titres écrits en 1122-1123 dans différentes églises de France et d'Angleterre, ed. Léopold Delisle. Phototypic edition. Paris, 1909.

264. SILVESTRE, [J. B.]. Paléographie universelle collection de fac-simile d'écritures de tous les peuples. 4 vols. Paris, 1839-41.-Translated by Frederic Madden Universal palæography. 2 vols. London, 1850.

265. SKEAT, W. W. Twelve facsimiles of old English manuscripts. Oxford, 1892.

266. WESTWOOD, J. O. Facsimiles of the miniatures and ornaments of Anglo-Saxon and Irish manuscripts. London, 1868. 53 plates.

7. SPHRAGISTICS AND HERALDRY.

a. Sphragistics, Nos. 267-76.

b. Heraldry, Nos. 277-95.

a. SPHRAGISTICS.

There are good accounts of this subject in Bresslau's Handbuch (No. 228), ch. xix., and Giry's Manuel (No. 233), ch. ix. See also Nos. 235, 284. There is a long list of works concerning seals in A List of Books and Pamphlets in the National Art Library, South Kensington Museum, illustrating Seals, London, 1886, pp. 46. A recent popular handbook, English Seals, by J. H. Bloom, London, 1906, cannot be commended. It is much to be regretted that the Public Record Office has published nothing of value with reference to the vast collection of seals which it contains,

267. BIRCH, W. DE GRAY. Catalogue of seals in the department of manuscripts in the British Museum. 6 vols. London, 1887-1900. 90 plates.-On some MSS. and seals relating to Wales in the British Museum. Cambrian Archæol. Assoc., Archæologia Cambrensis, 5th series, vi. 273-92. London, 1889.

268. History of Scottish seals. 1905-07. 126 plates.

2 vols.

See also his Seals (Connoisseurs' Library), London, [1907].

Stirling,

269. CHASSANT, ALPHONSE, and DELBARRE, P. J. Dictionnaire de sigillographie, contenant toutes les notions propres à faciliter l'étude des sceaux. Paris, 1860.

270. DEMAY, GERMAIN. Le costume au moyen-âge d'après les sceaux. Paris, 1880.-Inventaire des sceaux [Flandre, 2 vols.; Artois et Picardie, 1 vol.; Normandie, 1 vol.]. 4 vols. Paris, 1873-81.—Inventaire des sceaux de la collection Clairambault à la Bibliothèque Nationale. Documents Inédits. 2 vols. Paris, 1885-86.

There is a good account of sphragistics on pp. 3-76 of Le Costume; but this work is less important for the study of seals than the Inventaire, 1873-81. See also his Paléographie des Sceaux, Paris, 1881, pp. 73.

Sceaux.

270a. DOUËT D'ARCO, LOUIS. Collection de [France, Archives de l'Empire, Inventaires et Documents.] 3 vols. in 2. Paris, 1863-68.

Elements of sphragistics, vol. i. pp. xvii.-cix.; English seals, i. 110-13, iii. 261-309.

271. GROTEFEND, HERMANN. Ueber Sphragistik. Breslau, 1875. pp. 54.

271a. HOWARD DE WALDEN, Lord [T. E. ELLIS]. Some feudal lords and their seals, 1301. [London], 1904.

272. LAING, HENRY. Descriptive catalogue of impressions from ancient Scottish seals, A.D. 1094 to the Commonwealth. Maitland Club. Edinburgh, 1850.-Supplement, A.D. 1150 to the eighteenth century, 1866.

Contains 44 valuable plates.

273. LECOY DE LA MARCHE, ALBERT. Les sceaux. Paris, [1889].

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274. PEDRICK, GALE. GALE. Monastic seals of the thirteenth century. London, 1902. 50 plates.-Borough seals of the Gothic period. London, 1904. 50 plates.

For borough seals, see also No. 284, and the excellent work of Llewellynn Jewitt, Corporation Plate and Insignia of Office, ed. W. H. St. John Hope, 2 vols., London, 1895.

275. SEYLER, G. A. Geschichte der Siegel. Magdeburg, [1894]. Deals mainly with Germany.

276. WYON, A. B., and WYON, ALLAN. The great seals of England. London, 1887. 55 plates.

Valuable, but the text contains many errors.

b. HERALDRY.

The most elaborate treatise on heraldry is that of Woodward and Burnett. Boutell's and Fox-Davies's are the best of the numerous manuals. The dictionaries of Burke, Elvin, and Papworth are useful books of reference. For the bibliography of heraldry, see No. 290, and the works of Gatfield and Moule (Nos. 296-7). The periodicals, guides, etc., in § 8 are also useful.

277. BEDFORD, W. K. R. The blazon of episcopacy, being the arms borne by the archbishops and bishops of England and Wales. London, 1858; 2nd edition, Oxford, 1897.

278. BOUTELL, CHARLES. A manual of heraldry. London, 1863. 3rd edition: Heraldry, historical and popular, with 975 illustrations. London, 1864.-Abridged under the title: English heraldry. London, 1867; 10th edition, with 465 illustrations, by A. C. Fox-Davies, 1908; 11th edition, revised as Handbook of English heraldry, 1913.

The best handbook of English heraldry.

279. BURKE, JOHN, and BURKE, J. B. A general armory of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales. London, 1842; [new edition], 1884.

280. CLARK, HUGH. An introduction to heraldry. London, 1775-18th edition, by J. R. Planché, 1866.

281. CUSSANS, J. E. Handbook of heraldry. London, 1869 [1868]; 4th edition, 1893.

282. ELVIN, C. N. Dictionary of heraldry. London, [1889].

Valuable.

283. FAIRBAIRN, JAMES. Crests of the families of Great Britain and Ireland. 2 vols. Edinburgh, etc., [1860].--New edition, by A. C. Fox-Davies: Book of crests of the families of Great Britain and Ireland. 2 vols. Edinburgh, 1892; 4th edition, 1905; new edition, 1909.

Vol. ii. contains 314 plates.

283a. FOSTER, JOSEPH. Some feudal coats of arms. Oxford, etc., 1902 [1901]. [Abridged edition]: Some feudal coats of arms from heraldic rolls, 1298-1418. Oxford, etc., 1902.

A useful index to the early rolls, but it should be used with caution.

283b. Fox-DAVIES, A. C. The art of heraldry: an encyclopædia of armory. London, 1904.—A complete guide to heraldry. London, etc., 1909.

The Art of Heraldry has 153 fine plates and 1135 illustrative figures in the text. It is an elaborate work based on H. G. Ströhl's Heraldischer Atlas (published in parts at Stuttgart, completed 1899).

284. FOX-DAVIES, A. C., and CROOKES, M. E. B. The book of public arms: a cyclopædia of the armorial bearings, seals, etc., of counties, cities, etc., of the United Kingdom. Edinburgh, 1894. 130 plates.

285. [GOUGH, HENRY.] A glossary of terms used in heraldry. Oxford, 1847; new edition, with 1000 illustrations, 1894.

286. GREENSTREET, JAMES, and RUSSELL, CHARLES. Reference list of the rolls of arms and other early authorities for ancient coat-armour. [London, 1881.] pp. 41.

Cf. Richard Sims, Manual for the Genealogist (No. 311), 300–306.

287. GUILLIM, JOHN. A display of heraldry. London, 1610; 6th edition, 1724.

The best of the older works.

288. HOPE, W. H. ST. JOHN. The stall plates of the knights of the order of the garter, 1348-1485. London, 1901. pp. 25; 90 plates.