The entire page is enclosed within a broad, ornate border of blue-toned Celtic knotwork, featuring complex interlaced strapwork patterns typical of Irish manuscript decoration.

LIBERTY

ORDER & LAW

UNDER NATIVE IRISH RULE ☘ A STUDY IN

THE BOOK OF THE

ANCIENT LAWS OF

IRELAND

BY SOPHIE BRYANT

D.Sc., LITT.D. D.Sc. stands for Doctor of Science; Litt.D. stands for Doctor of Letters. Sophie Bryant was a pioneering Irish educator, mathematician, and nationalist.

A central rectangular printer's device for Ambrosden Press. It features a portrait of a man in 16th-century dress (resembling Sir Thomas More) wearing a cap and fur-lined gown. He is flanked by two shields: the left shield features a checkerboard pattern and is adjacent to the vertical text "HARDING & MORE"; the right shield features three martlets and is adjacent to the vertical text "LONDON · WEST CENT". The top of the rectangular frame is inscribed "AMBROSDEN PRESS" and the bottom contains the phrase "☩ Lift up your hearts ☩" original: SURSUM CORDA; a traditional Latin liturgical opening.

Likely a library accession number or date stamp 197405- July 23, 1925

Liberty, Order and Law Under Native Irish Rule