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The couped gorge signifies the crest - fine, but what does the tongue hanging out signifiy?
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Subject: Re: [M-R] saracen's head
medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Postles, Dr D.A. wrote:
>
> The interpretation of strangling in the Strelley case rests, I
> believe, not on the couped gorge but on the whole of the tongue
> hanging out of the mouth.
"The crest is the well-known Saracen's head of the Strelleys, and on the
upper dexter shield there are traces of what appears to be Paly of six for
Strelley."
http://www.nottshistory.org.uk/articles/tts/tts1907/gill1907p2.htm
John Briggs
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