Mrs. Pott's Emblem Plates Found in the British Library
Plate V.
Comments on Plate V.
1. Shield, with Greek omega, and eight rays within. Cotton MSS. Nero vi. 62. Dateless.
2. Shield, with B, and the name NICOLAS. Cotton MSS. 372. Dateless.
3. Shield, with C R. Advancement of Learning. 1640.
4. Shield, with B (almost like No. 2). Harl. MSS. 1393, fol. 118.
5/6. Shield (note horns and eye). From the Comedy of Errors, Shakespeare. 1632.
7. Shield (note bull face). Shakespeare. 1632.
8. Shield (note bull face). The Works of Joseph Mede. 1677.
9. Shield (note bull face). Modern mark, in L. Van Gelder's paper. 1890.
10. Mock shield, lions. George Herbert The Temple. 1633.
11. History of Life and Death. 1638.
12. Advancement of Learning. 1640.
14. Fleur-de-lis. Coriolanus Shakespeare. 1632.
15. Fleur-de-lis and crown. Apocalypse, Haarlem. Early fifteenth century. Large oval shields, lions, harp, fleur-de-lis, Harl. Bagford's Collection, 5892, fol. 5; other patterns, fols. 80, 96, 105, 122; others, with lions rampant, one five inches high, Bagford, 5896, 6.
17, 18. Bar. IRC. Cynthia's Revels Ren Jonson. (Perhaps Jonson Rosy Cross?)