Fictitious & Symbolic Creatures in Art With Special Reference to Their Use in British Heraldry

FICTITIOUS AND SYMBOLIC CREATURES IN ART FICTITIOUS & SYMBOLIC CREATURES IN ART WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THEIR USE IN BRITISH HERALDRY BY JOHN VINYCOMB MEMBER OF THE ROYAL IRISH ACADEMY, FELLOW OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES OF IRELAND, A VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE EX-LIBRIS SOCIETY [Illustration: ST. GEORGE AND THE DRAGON] _ILLUSTRATED_ CHAPMAN AND HALL, LIMITED 11 HENRIETTA STREET, LONDON, W. C. MCMVI Printed by BALLANTYNE & CO. LIMITED Tavistock Street, London PREFACE Under the title of this book it is proposed to describe and illustrate only those fictitious and symbolic creatures which appear in British Heraldry. The list will include all those beings of whose existence we have not the…

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