. Historic bindings in the Bodleian Library, Oxford : with reproductions of twenty-four of the finest bindings. Pens bet nobis suam pacem et post mortem t>itam eternam. XXXV1 INTRODUCTION. (18.) Another stamp by an unknown binder brings us to theEnglish regal badges, of which there are a great number of verybeautiful impressions. Here we have the four chief badges in fourcompartments. The stamp measures 4| in. x 2§ in., and is dividedinto four equal canopied compartments; in the ist is placed therose, in the 2nd the pomegranate, in the 3rd the castle, and in the4th the fleur-de-lys, each en
. Historic bindings in the Bodleian Library, Oxford : with reproductions of twenty-four of the finest bindings. Pens bet nobis suam pacem et post mortem t>itam eternam. XXXV1 INTRODUCTION. (18.) Another stamp by an unknown binder brings us to theEnglish regal badges, of which there are a great number of verybeautiful impressions. Here we have the four chief badges in fourcompartments. The stamp measures 4| in. x 2§ in., and is dividedinto four equal canopied compartments; in the ist is placed therose, in the 2nd the pomegranate, in the 3rd the castle, and in the4th the fleur-de-lys, each ensigned by a crown. The engraving is boldlyexecuted and the background relieved by minute dots. This maybe found in the Douce collection of bindings. (19.) This stamp is a combination of the two previously described. The arms, garter, and crownappear in the centre; the fourbadges are arranged in squarecompartments, two on eachside, ist, the rose; 2nd, thecastle; 3rd, the pomegranate;4th, the fleur-de-lys. In theborder in gothic lettersappears a similar pious ejacu-lation to that upon No. 17above, viz :—. Arms of Henry VIII. and Royal Tudor Badges. ;/ Deus oet nobis fuam pacem et poft mortam tntam eternam amen.* Serpens antiquus de septe peccatis criminalibus. Venudanturin vico mathurinorum. In domo Ioannis Frellon. Colophon.— Finit hoc opus, per F. K. manus. [8° S. 27 Th.] From the fact that this stamp appears upon books printed byJohn Rastell between 1523-1528, upon the Lambeth copy of De Fundamentis Legum Anglie et de conscientia, I concludethat the date is probably earlier than 1523. * An ignorant artist has put morttf/w instead of mortem. The same mistake occurs on morethan one specimen in the Douce Scrapbooks. INTRODUCTION. XXXV11 There are several varieties of this stamp. The impressionsupon the obverse and reverse of the volume under considerationdiffer slightly. On the obverse the badges are arranged in thefollowing order: ist, rose; 2nd, castle; 3rd, fleur-de
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