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| Originator | Forbes, William |
| Style | Book plate |
| Bookplate Type | Armorial |
| Bookplate Function | Ownership |
| Institutional or Personal | Personal |
| Dimensions | 63x90 mm |
| Orientation | Portrait |
| Bookplate Text | [motto:] NEC TIMIDE NEC TEMERE / SIR WILLIAM FORBES, OF PITSLIGO |
| Description | Coat of arms. Escutcheon parted per pale: Dexter, quarterly, 1st and 4th, azure (blue), on a chevron argent (silver) between three bears' heads couped argent, muzzled gules (red), a man's heart proper, for Forbes; 2nd and 3rd, counterquartered, 1st and 4th, azure charged with three bears' heads couped and muzzled, 2nd and 3rd, azure, charged with three cinqfoils. Sinister, or (gold) a bend gules surmounted of a fess chequy azure and argent, in chief a crescent of difference, for Stuart of Fettercairn. Crest: Issuing out of a baron's coronet a hand holding a scymitar. Supporters: two bears rampant. Motto: Nec timide nec temere. |
| Note | [1] Heraldic description based on Burke. [2] Motto: Nec timide nec temere = Neither timidly nor rashly |
| Reference | Burke, Bernard. The General armory ... (London, 1884), p. 366. |
| Rights | Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; For more information, please contact the Rare Book and Manuscript Library: https://illinois.edu/fb/sec/7016277 |
| Collection | John Starr Stewart Ex Libris Collection
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| Local Identifier | exlibris1197.jp2 |
| Repository/Holding Library | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Rare Book and Manuscript Library |
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