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Re: What is this heraldic charge?
« Reply #18 on: Friday 26 September 25 19:41 BST (UK) »
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"A new dictionary of heraldry ...." - author not named and "Printed for Jer. Batley at the Dove in Paternoster Row, 1725"

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Re: What is this heraldic charge?
« Reply #19 on: Friday 26 September 25 20:15 BST (UK) »
More-or-less what I said in replies 3 and 6 :)
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Re: What is this heraldic charge?
« Reply #20 on: Friday 26 September 25 21:47 BST (UK) »
More-or-less what I said in replies 3 and 6 :)
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Re: What is this heraldic charge?
« Reply #21 on: Friday 26 September 25 21:57 BST (UK) »
I wasn't challenging anything I was just curious. Is that 1725  available online?

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Re: What is this heraldic charge?
« Reply #22 on: Saturday 27 September 25 09:41 BST (UK) »
I wasn't challenging anything I was just curious. Is that 1725  available online?

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Yup.
https://books.google.co.uk/books/about/A_New_Dictionary_of_Heraldry_Illustrated.html?id=RZMGeZU7PyQC&redir_esc=y

"Search inside" = gambes. Returns page 157

Added - see page 1 for author.

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Re: What is this heraldic charge?
« Reply #23 on: Saturday 27 September 25 11:54 BST (UK) »
Thank you, that if lovely. I will write each  's' replaced by 'f' today.

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Re: What is this heraldic charge?
« Reply #24 on: Saturday 27 September 25 12:35 BST (UK) »
The "long s" is written as ſ.
Not quite a lower-case "f" :) No crosspiece!
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Re: What is this heraldic charge?
« Reply #25 on: Saturday 27 September 25 12:50 BST (UK) »
Yeſ.  Aſ in ſedantry.  (That was meant in good-natured banter.  I always enjoy your heraldic comments.)

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Re: What is this heraldic charge?
« Reply #26 on: Saturday 27 September 25 14:05 BST (UK) »
The "long s" is written as ſ.
Not quite a lower-case "f" :) No crosspiece!

Zaph - been there, got the t-fhirt.
see replies #12 - #16
https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=872491.msg7438682#msg7438682

Checked out how to create the true medial "s" but still use "f" to search

KG - regards