| 1. | ![[Bookplate for Maria Anna Grimaldi]](/cgi-bin/thumbnail.exe?CISOROOT=/bookplate&CISOPTR=520 "[Bookplate for Maria Anna Grimaldi]") | [Bookplate for Maria Anna Grimaldi] | This heraldic bookplate consists of an escutcheon, or (gold), charged with three esquire helmets, sable (black), en profile at fess, and a lion passant below. Above the escutcheon is an esquire helmet, above which is a crest of an armoured arm embowed clutching a curtana, or a pointless sword of mercy. The escutcheon is surrounded by elaborate mantling, and the entire crest by a stylized border. Below the heraldic image is the Latin text. |
