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Preferred term

Devices  

Definition

  • Generally, representations, designs or mottoes, or combinations of these, used to signify an individual, a group, or sometimes a commercial concern, and usually intended to convey a sense of lineage or quality [AAT]

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Entry terms

  • Devices, symbols
  • Mottoes, devices

Notation

  • 119134

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URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JLC-LQP5T8BL-Q

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