| 2. | ![[Bookplate for Johannis Platt by John Dickson Batten]](/cgi-bin/thumbnail.exe?CISOROOT=/bookplate&CISOPTR=578 "[Bookplate for Johannis Platt by John Dickson Batten]") | [Bookplate for Johannis Platt by John Dickson Batten] | This bookplate has both heraldic and pictoral qualities. The primary subject of the bookplate is a lamb, grazing in a glade of flowers, with bookplate owner's name in a banner below. In the background, the bookplate features a pen of sheep as well as a dead wolf hanging from a tree. At top-left corner, the bookplate features an escutcheon, azure (blue), charged with two fleur-de-lis and a lamb, two over one, and a chevron or (gold) charged with a fleur-de-lis and two cinque foil. Above the escutcheon is a peer helmet, with a wreath charged with a grazing lamb. Mantling radiates from the helmet, and Welsh motto is contained on one side. The entire scene is contained within a stylized border, with Welsh motto within. |
