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| Originator | Carpenter |
| Style | Book plate |
| Bookplate Type | Armorial |
| Bookplate Function | Ownership |
| Institutional or Personal | Personal |
| Dimensions | 80x117 mm |
| Orientation | Portrait |
| Bookplate Text | [motto:] PER ACUTA BELLI |
| Description | Coat of arms. Escutcheon: Paly of six argent (silver) and gules (red) on a chevraon azure (blue) three crosses crosslet or. Inescutcheon. Parted per pale. Dexter, gules, a chevron or between three cocks argent, for Crowe. Sinister, quarterly, Crest: A globe in a frame, all or. Supporters: Two horses per fess embattled argent and gules. Motto: Per acuta belli (Through the asperities of war). |
| Note | Sinister half of inescutcheon not identified |
| Reference | Burke, Bernard. The General armory ... (London, 1884), p. 171, 249. |
| 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 | exlibris1268.jp2 |
| Repository/Holding Library | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Rare Book and Manuscript Library |
