The Mirror of Maiestie Or the Badges of Honour Conceitedly Emblazoned a Photo
The Mirror of Maiestie Or the Badges of Honour Conceitedly Emblazoned a Photo
H G
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The two extremes of the human family seem almost to stand side by side in their adoption of this heraldic sym- bolism ; indeed nature had hardly imparted to man the instinct of self-preservation when he found it necessary to impress some device or cognizance upon his own tribe, that he might distinguish it from those which were inimical to him. Our knowledge of the habits of barbarous nations leads to the conclusion that in the most primitive stages of society the chiefs of different tribes, in... the ignorance of written language, adopted some such emblematic devices as would convey in the simplest manner an idea of their pre- dominant qualities or peculiar characteristics. Symbolical figures are known to have been emblazoned upon the F 98 A NNO TA TIONS. standards of the Egyptians and Assyrians. Diodorus Siculus affirms that the former nation was the first to adopt these military ensigns, and that the animals borne thereon afterwards came to be worshipped as deities. Of their early use there can be no doubt, for several Rab- binical writers assert that their history affords abundant proof that such distinctive devices were in use among the Egyptians previous to the departure of the Israelites from their land.
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