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Tyssen, Samuel; Tyssen, Sophie

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Title
Tyssen, Samuel; Tyssen, Sophie
Style
Book plate  
Bookplate Type
Armorial  
Bookplate Function
Ownership  
Institutional or Personal
Personal  
Dimensions
63 x 94 mm
Orientation
Portrait
Coverage-Spatial
Norfolk (England)  
Bookplate Text
  • Samuel & Sophia Tyssen, Narborough
  • [motto:] POST MORTEM VIRTUS VIRESCIT
Description
  • Coat of arms: Escutcheon (parted per pale): Dexter: Quarterly, 1st and 4th, Or on a chevron azure between three French marigolds slipped proper two lions respecting each other of the first
  • 2nd and 3rd, azure on a bend argent cotised or three Leopard's heads erased proper. Sinister: Sable a griffin segreant ermine armed or, for Baker. Crest: A demi-lion or, crowned gules supporting a shield azure charged with an estoile of the first. Motto: Post mortem virtus virescit
Note
Motto: Post morten virtus virescit = Virtue flourishes after death
Reference
  • Burke, Bernard. The General armory ... (London, 1884), p. 1042.
  • East Anglian, n.s. v.4 (1891-1892), p. 271
Rights
No Copyright - United States
File Name
exlibris1625.jp2
Collection Title
John Starr Stewart Ex Libris Collection
Collection
John Starr Stewart Ex Libris Collection
TitleTyssen, Samuel; Tyssen, Sophie
StyleBook plate  
Bookplate TypeArmorial  
Bookplate FunctionOwnership  
Institutional or PersonalPersonal  
Dimensions63 x 94 mm
OrientationPortrait
Coverage-SpatialNorfolk (England)  
Bookplate Text
  • Samuel & Sophia Tyssen, Narborough
  • [motto:] POST MORTEM VIRTUS VIRESCIT
Description
  • Coat of arms: Escutcheon (parted per pale): Dexter: Quarterly, 1st and 4th, Or on a chevron azure between three French marigolds slipped proper two lions respecting each other of the first
  • 2nd and 3rd, azure on a bend argent cotised or three Leopard's heads erased proper. Sinister: Sable a griffin segreant ermine armed or, for Baker. Crest: A demi-lion or, crowned gules supporting a shield azure charged with an estoile of the first. Motto: Post mortem virtus virescit
NoteMotto: Post morten virtus virescit = Virtue flourishes after death
Reference
  • Burke, Bernard. The General armory ... (London, 1884), p. 1042.
  • East Anglian, n.s. v.4 (1891-1892), p. 271
RightsNo Copyright - United States
File Nameexlibris1625.jp2
Collection TitleJohn Starr Stewart Ex Libris Collection
CollectionJohn Starr Stewart Ex Libris Collection

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