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Escutcheon
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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(0. 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 of doors or in string-courses, and to the ornamented plates from the centre of which door-rings, knockers, &c., are suspended, or which protect the wood of the key-hole from the wear of the key. In medieval times these were often worked in a very beautiful manner.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Escutcheon'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/e/escutcheon.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Escutcheon'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/e/escutcheon.html. 1910.
