Talk:Abatement (heraldry)

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Any information on the abated Scottish adulterer? —Ashley Y 12:47, 2005 Feb 8 (UTC)

No, he probably didn't exist in the first place. Shinobu (talk) 14:33, 19 October 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Clarify me

Is the displaying of a shield "an abatement proper? or just a dishonourable display of the unaltered shield?"

According to Charles Boutell abatement is any sign of degradation. It seems that if they were displaying the shield upside down to dishonor the traiter that this would be a clear abatement.
Boutell, Charles (1864), Heraldry, historical and popular, With 975 Illustrations (3rd ed.), Richard Bentley, p. 77, http://books.google.com/books?pg=PR3&dq=abatement+heraldry&ei=mK7QTYGGMI7YiALWv-2ZBg&ct=result&id=w6RAAAAAcAAJ#v=onepage&q=abatement&f=false, "Abatement: - any sign of degradation"  Kthapelo (talk) 13:33, 16 May 2011 (UTC)
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