| 1. | ![[Bookplate for Seeli Armitage-Stanley and Earl Spencer]](/cgi-bin/thumbnail.exe?CISOROOT=/bookplate&CISOPTR=864 "[Bookplate for Seeli Armitage-Stanley and Earl Spencer]") | [Bookplate for Seeli Armitage-Stanley and Earl Spencer] | In black ink on white paper, this heraldic bookplate consists of an Escutcheon quartered per cross and incorporates aspects of both the Armitage and the Stanley family crests. The dexter chief and sinister base sections are drawn from the Stanley crest and contain an azure (blue) garter, which holds three stag's head caboshed, on argent (silver). The sinister chief and dexter base quarters, taken from the Armitage crest, are gules (red) with three crosslets argent, two in chief and one in base, and a lion's head in fess. The helm consists of two helmets, to signify the incorporation of the two families, and is surrounded by mantling. Above the helm there is a small banner bearing the Armitage family motto, 'semper paratus.' Below the Escutcheon is another banner bearing the motto of the Stanley family, 'sans changer.'. |
