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Fig. 73. From the Bayeux needlework
Showing the circular shield of the Saxon. The profile view of a circular shield in the lower margin has been for the purpose of this illustration altered from the proper position in the needlework
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Fig. 74. Norman shields variously decorated
Drawn from the Bayeux needlework. The attendants on Guy, Count of Ponthieu
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Fig. 75. The shield of Duke William
From the Bayeux needlework. Showing also his gonfanon
the devices upon the front face of the shield are the earliest forms of heraldic blazon known (Figs. 74 and 75). It is difficult, however, to believe that these crude and indescribable markings on the shield possessed any heraldic significance, or, indeed, had any other purpose than that of mere orna-
