Acts and resolves passed by the General Court
This is a legal compilation of acts and resolves passed by the Massachusetts General Court, published in Boston by the Secretary of the Commonwealth, with the date 1663 in its record. Its three pictures are repeated small shield-shaped seals, each showing a standing figure holding a bow and a staff, with a star at left, a hanging scythe-like emblem above, and ribbon-like scrolls around the shield. A designer could take from them the compact, symmetrical structure of a heraldic seal, with its banner, shield and flanking ribbons, as a model for emblems.
