| 1. | ![[Bookplate for Sir Arthur Robinson]](/cgi-bin/thumbnail.exe?CISOROOT=/bookplate&CISOPTR=196 "[Bookplate for Sir Arthur Robinson]") | [Bookplate for Sir Arthur Robinson] | Heraldic bookplate. An argent lozenge shaped shield with an argent chevron and three stags. At the top of the shield is an open helmet facing forward (signifying a knight) on top of which is a crown and a fourth stag. Around the border of the shield is the motto for the Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of St Michael and St George, "auspicium melioris aevi" (token of a better age). Above the shield is a ribbon with the motto "qualis ab incepto" (the same as from the beginning). The badge of the order, which is a cross of fourteen points, is suspended from the bottom of the shield. |
