Glossary
Reference code
RUS/006
Title
Glossary
Date
1860-1907
Level of description
Series
Extent and format
Five volumes.
Folio.
Cloth binding, black, with maroon lettering-pieces.
Folio.
Cloth binding, black, with maroon lettering-pieces.
Scope and content
Materials for a projected augmented edition by Russell of Henry Gough's A Glossary of Terms used in British Heraldry (Oxford, 1847). Main contents arranged alphabetically. At the front of Vol. I a chronological table illustrating 'the rise and progress of armory' and other notes; at the end of Vol. V antiquarian notes. Indexes in Vols. III-V. Many cuttings of arms laid down throughout.
Creator
Russell, Charles James (fl 1860-1907), herald painter
Previous reference number(s)
SAL/MS/773/6