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Engravings from the Richard C. Kessler Reformation Collection
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Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: Printer's device for Christopher Plantin (1520-1589) The motto on the device reads, "labore et constantia" ("labor and tenacity"). Plantin explained about the device that "the outer point of the pair of compases … represents work and the centre point constancy" (Davies, Devices, p. 678)