msulconservationlab:This armorial crest is pretty neat. I hope our super awesome special collections

msulconservationlab:

This armorial crest is pretty neat. I hope our super awesome special collections cataloger can use it to identify the the book’s original owner. #specialcollections #provenance #cataloging #bookstagram (at MSU Libraries)

The arms are those of the Amelot family, and likely a high-ranking member of the French nobility, given the helm. Hopefully the book has enough other context clues to narrow down which Amelot it might have been!