• Isnignia Gentilia, 1643

Curatorial Notes:

• Both Leonard Smethley and Ashmole were interested in heraldry: another art that drew on visual symbolism. This heraldry manuscript contains the crests, in watercolors, of baronets created under King James I and King Charles I. Each entry gives the personal names, place, county of residence, and date on which the baronetcy was conferred. The pigments are similar to those used in Smethley’s 1624 Ripley Scroll. The book was formerly owned by the antiquarian Sir Thomas Phillipps (1792-1872).

Credit Line:

• Manuscripts Division, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library

Format:

• Manuscript
• Book

Type:

• Watercolors (paintings)
• Calf bindings (Binding)

Language:

• English

Date:

• [1643?].

Extent:

• 1 v. (48 leaves) ; 34 cm.

Abstract:

• Consists of an armorial completed after 1643 containing 422 heraldic crests in watercolors, or spaces for crests never executed, of baronets created under King James I and King Charles I. Each entry gives personal names, place, county of residence, and date on which each became a baronet.

View in catalog:

• https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/9933403943506421

Subject:

• Baronetage—Great Britain—17th century
• Crests—Great Britain—17th century
• Heraldry—Great Britain—17th century
• Nobility—Great Britain—Heraldry—17th century
• Watercolors (paintings)—Great Britain—17th century
• Calf bindings (Binding)

Binding note:

• Calf.

Provenance:

• From the library of Sir Thomas Phillipps (Ms no. 6772), who acquired it from the Bibliotheca Meermaniana.

Identifier:

• ark:/88435/db78tk026