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crests: heraldic escutcheons; informally, coats of armour (US: coats of armor) assigned by the College of Heralds to someone of noble birth to enable them to be identified by people who couldn't read, or who spoke a different language.

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410.—Bolsover Castle, Derbyshire.

English Homes Vol III no. 1, Late Tudor (1922)

Originally early 12th Century, or perhaps older, but greatly renovated in the 16th and 17th centuries.

Plate 410 - Doorway in the ruins of the Duke’s Building

Keywords: manors, castles, entrances, ruins, crests

Places shown: Old Bolsover; Derbyshire; England

Added: 2006-01-12

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Bookplate for 1581 Geneva Bible

Geneva Bible Scans (1581)

The dot screening tells me this isn’t actually a very old book-plate (ex libris). My guess would be early 1900s. It is a crest with the name Huss, surmounted with the closed helmet of a lesser knight [...]

Keywords: bookplates, crests, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2007-06-06

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