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heraldry: to do with emblazoning, a way of identifying families by coloured and patterend shields used before soldiers and other common people could read and write.

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Bookplate Pictures of old books (2003)

An “ex libris” or bookplate from Swansea Training College, showing a castle gate with raise port-cullis, and with the motto “Gladly wolde he lerne and gladly teche” from Chacer’s Clerk, and a Welsh mo [...]

Keywords: bookplates, heraldry, colour

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Added: 2011-08-13

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Bookplate: W. T. R. Powell Pictures of old books (2003)

The armorial crest for the Powell family of Nanteos in Wales, pasted inside my copy of “Johnson’s Dictionary” (an 1837 edition, not in itself particularly valuable). The motto is inter hanstas et hos [...]

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Added: 2011-08-13

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Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested

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