It may be that the heraldic nature of the squirrel's significance in the painting suggested the rebus like pun to represent the place name. |
The heraldic devices of the lancet tops and in the tracery lights represent other of Louis's and Francoise's possessions and ancestors. |
Over the path are slender steel arches designed to carry banners that give a festive and heraldic flavour to both internal and external paths. |
The ancient was a banner bearing an heraldic device, the token of ancient or noble descent, borne by a gentleman or a leader in a war. |
The barrulet is the heraldic diminutive of the bar, and is generally one fourth the width of the bar. |
He ended his heraldic career without ever having attained the office of Garter King of Arms, or being honoured with a knighthood. |