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Plus ultra is a Latin phrase and the national motto of Spain. A reversal of the original phrase non plus ultra, said to have been inscribed as a warning on the Pillars of Hercules at the Strait of Gib
Wooden panelling in Charles V's palace in the Alhambra
Motto of the city of Binche, Belgium
A.E.I.O.U.
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"A.E.I.O.U." was a symbolic device coined by Emperor Frederick III and historically used as a motto by the Habsburgs. One note in his notebook, though not in the same hand, explains it in German and L
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…of the Fonthill Castle, the home of Henry Chapman Mercer, the eccentric owner of the Mercer Tile company, located in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, USA. A.E.I.O.U., the motto of the Habsburgs, which is often understood as "All the world is subject to Austria" (Alles Erdreich ist Österreich untertan in German or…
Illumination from the records of King Frederick, dated 1446
Heraldic plaque dated to 1466 with Habsburg motto F.I. A.E.I.O.U. Left part is Habsburg fesse coat of arms and right part is Counts of Celje coat of arms, united under Imperial double-headed eagle
Sundial in Meran (now Italy) featuring an A.E.I.O.U. inscription