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Harris-Temple, Robert Temple
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| Originator | Harris-Temple, Robert Temple |
| Style | Book plate |
| Bookplate Type | Pictorial |
| Bookplate Function | Ownership |
| Institutional or Personal | Personal |
| Dimensions | 62x98 mm |
| Orientation | Portrait |
| Bookplate Text | TEMPLA QUAM DILECTA / The Honble. Robert Temple Harris-Temple. |
| Description | Coat of arms. Escutcheon: Quarterly, quarters 1 and 4, argent (silver) two bars sable (black) each charged with three martlets or (gold), a crescent for difference, for Temple; quarters 2 and 3, vert (green) on a chevron embattled erminois between three hedgehogs or, as many bombs sable fired proper, on a chief of augmentation the gates and fortress of Seringapatam all proper, for Harris. Crests: (1) On a ducal coronet a martlet or, charged with a crescent for difference, for Temple; (2) on a mural crown or, a royal tiger passant guardant vert, striped or spotted gold, pierced in the breast with an arrow..., vulned gules (red)... and crowned with an Eastern coronet... for Harris. Motto: Templa quam dilecta. (cf. Burke) |
| Note | [1] The Hon. Robert Temple Harris of Waterstown, co. Westmeath, "on his assuming by royal licence, 1852, the surname of Temple in lieu of harris, in complIAnce with the will of his grandfather, Robert Handcock Temple, Esq., of Waterstown." (cf. Burke) [2] Motto: Templa quam dilecta = How beautiful are thy temples [3] Discolored by collector's glue |
| Reference | Burke, Bernard. The General armory ... (London, 1884), p. 1002, 459 |
| 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 | exlibris1621.jp2 |
| Repository/Holding Library | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Rare Book and Manuscript Library |
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