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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)

This article appears in Volume V18, Page 931 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: MOS-NAN
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) , a "
legend
  " consisting of a significant phrase or sentence, sometimes even of a single word attached to an
emblem
  or device, and, in
heraldry
 , placed on a
scroll
  below the achievement or above the
crest
 . Mottoes
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
Fairbairn
 ,
Book
  of Family Crests, 1856; Wachbourne,
Book
  of Family Crests (2 vols., 1882) ; Chassant and Tansin, Dictionnaire des devises historiques et heraldiques, (1878); Dielitz, Die Wahl- and Denkspriiche, Feldgeschreie, Losungen, Schlachtund Volksrufe, besonders des Mittelalters and der Neuzeit (4 vols., 1888). Gatfield's Guide to Printed Books and MSS.
relating
  to Heraldry (1892) contains a bibliography.


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