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Add topic- 1771, Marc Antoine Porny, The Elements of Heraldry:
- SPLENDOR, s. The Sun is said to be in its Splendor when it is represented with the lineaments of a human face, and environed with raies; see Plate v. Fig. 20. [...] SUN, s. The name of the Luminary that makes the Day, which, when used in Heraldry with the lineaments of a human face, environed with raies, is called a Sun in its Glory or in its Splendor; see p. 134, Exam. I, and p. 58, Exam. 20.
- 1898, Edward Singleton Holden, A Primer of Heraldry for Americans, page 42:
- The sun usually appears "in his splendor," i. e., front face, or with rays […]
- 1908, Arthur Francis Pimbley, Pimbley's Dictionary of Heraldry, page 60:
- When represented as giving light, it is blazoned a sun radiant; when depicted with a human face, it is a sun in splendor, or a sun in his splendor. Louis XIV used it as his cognizance.
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