[Rerum anglicarum scriptores veteres]
A 1684 Oxford collection of Latin chronicles of medieval England, edited by William Fulman and Thomas Gale and printed at the Sheldonian Theatre for scholars of English history. The two pictures are a heraldic achievement with a crest, a shield bearing a lion's head on a chevron, and a motto scroll, and a bookplate with an oval portrait of Robert Charles Billings set in a framed label. A designer could draw on the ornate scrollwork of the armorial frame and the engraved bookplate lettering.
![Picture 1 of 2 from [Rerum anglicarum scriptores veteres] (1684), leaf 2](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-rerumanglicarums01fulm-2-0.webp)
![Picture 2 of 2 from [Rerum anglicarum scriptores veteres] (1684), leaf 639](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-rerumanglicarums01fulm-639-0.webp)