Keywords: Bodleian Libraries, En habes lector Bucolicarum auctores xxxviii.jpg A motto binding French mid 16th century Brown goatskin blocked in gold with an architectonic design and E / SPOYR / ME / TOR / MEN / TE in central oval on both covers The motto 'hope torments me' is associated with Jean de Brinon d 1555 sieur de Villaines the hero in Ronsard's Meslanges 1555 Mottos were tooled on bindings in the 16th and 17th centuries to indicate a book's ownership exhibition history Spine and front board source filename oulis2009-atb-0012-0 tif object history object type Licensed-PD-Art PD-old-100 cc-by-4 0 place of creation place of discovery http //digital bodleian ox ac uk/inquire/p//e37a2157-c495-48a1-89d0-5f560a24779e Digital Bodleian Template Bodleian Libraries En habes lector Bucolicarum auctores xxxviii Uploaded with GWToolset Bodleian Libraries En habes lector Bucolicarum auctores xxxviii http //iiif bodleian ox ac uk/iiif/image/e37a2157-c495-48a1-89d0-5f560a24779e/full/ 1000 1000/0/default jpg Files uploaded by the Bodleian Libraries' Wikimedian In Residence Bookbinding |