See also:

• MOTTO (an Italian word, from Late Lat. muttum, a low sound, a mutter or murmur, cf. mutere, to mutter; the Latin word also gives Fr. mot, word)

MOTTO (an See also:

• ITALIAN

Italian word, from See also:

• LATE

Late See also:

• LAT

Lat. muttum, a See also:

• LOW, SETH (1850- )
• LOW, WILL HICOK (1853- )

low See also:

• SOUND
• SOUND, THE (Danish Oresund)

sound, a mutter or murmur, cf. mutere, to mutter; the Latin word also gives Fr. mot, word)  , a " See also:

• LEGEND (through the French from the med. Lat. legenda, things to be read, from legere, to read)

legend " consisting of a significant phrase or See also:

• SENTENCE (Lat. sententia, a way of thinking, opinion, judgment; vote, sentire, to feel, think)

sentence, sometimes even of a single word attached to an See also:

• EMBLEM (Gr. Eµ3Xysa, something put in or inserted, from EµfiiXAew, to throw in)

emblem or See also:

• DEVICE

device, and, in See also:

• HERALDRY

heraldry, placed on a See also:

• SCROLL

scroll below the achievement or above the See also:

• CREST
• CREST (Lat. crista, a plume or tuft)

crest . Mottoes See also:

• EXPRESS (through the French from the past participle of the Lat. exprimere, to press out, by transference used of representing objects in painting or sculpture, or of thoughts, &c. in words)

express sometimes a sentiment, a favourite principle, emphasize the meaning or symbolism of the emblem or device, and, in heraldry, often allude to one or more of the " charges " in the coat of arms, &c . There are many publications which give lists of some of the best-known mottoes, such as See also:

• FAIRBAIRN, ANDREW MARTIN (1838- )
• FAIRBAIRN, SIR WILLIAM

Fairbairn, See also:

• BOOK

Book of See also:

• FAMILY

Family Crests, 1856; Wachbourne, Book of Family Crests (2 vols., 1882) ; Chassant and Tansin, Dictionnaire See also:

• DES

des devises historiques et heraldiques, (1878); Dielitz, See also:

• DIE
• DIE (Fr. de, from Lat. datum, given)

Die Wahl- and Denkspriiche, Feldgeschreie, Losungen, Schlachtund Volksrufe, besonders des Mittelalters and der Neuzeit (4 vols., 1888) . Gatfield's See also:

• GUIDE (in Mid. Eng. gyde, from the Fr. guide; the earlier French form was guie, English " guy," the d was due to the Italian form guida; the ultimate origin is probably Teutonic, the word being connected with the base seen in O. Eng. witan, to know)

Guide to Printed Books and See also:

• MSS

MSS. See also:

• RELATING

relating to Heraldry (1892) contains a bibliography .