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Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
Escutcheon
Britannica 11thESCUTCHEON (O. Fr. escucheon, escusson, modern ecusson, through a Late Lat. form from Lat. scutum, shield), an heraldic term for a shield with armorial bearings displayed (see HERALDRY) . The word is also applied to the shields used on tombs, in the spandrils ...
Vol. 9, pp. 768-768
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Armoire
Britannica 11th... e treated in this way. In that and the two following centuries the keys and the escutcheons of the locks became highly ornamental; usually in forged iron, they were occasionally made of more precious metals. By slow degrees the shape of this receptacle changed ...
Vol. 2, pp. 577-578
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