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The arts and crafts of older Spain (1907)

Williams, Leonard, b. 1871 · London : T.N. Foulis · leaf 426

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platesare very varied. Sometimes the motto has anamorous, sometimes a religious import. Some-times the vehicle of the motto is Latin, some-times Spanish, sometimes French. Sometimesthe device contains, or is composed of, a blazon,and commonly there is floral or other ornament.A collection of nearly… … ARMS colours often used to decorate and relieve theinterspaces of the gilded metal are red, blue,black, white, and green. According to Florencio Janer, coaches werenot known in Spain until the middle of the six-teenth century. Before that time the usual con-veyance was the litter. The Madrid…

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