emblazonry

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And wherever the flag comes, and men behold it, they see in its sacred emblazonry no rampant lion and fierce eagle, but only light, and every fold significant of liberty.

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This mosaic, when seen by daylight, would no doubt have disclosed to the sight, with much emblazonry and many colours, a gigantic coat-of-arms, in the Florentine fashion.

From The Man Who Laughs by Hugo, Victor

We, who formed part of the emblazonry, could only see the design distorted and confused; here crowded, there scattered, at another place superposed.

From Scientific American Supplement No. 819, September 12, 1891 by Various

But touching that grave is a Marble Monument, white almost as the very snow, and, in the midst of the emblazonry of death, adorned with the armorial bearings belonging to a family of the high-born.

From Recreations of Christopher North, Volume 2 by Wilson, John

The green space stretching southward from the castle was covered with tents of all shapes and sizes, many of them brilliant with emblazonry, while from their tops floated rich-colored banners and pennons in profusion.

From Historical Tales, Vol. 4 (of 15) The Romance of Reality by Morris, Charles