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English: The symbol of a hand holding a cross was used as the frontispiece of the books published by Dora Greenwell who lived from 1821–1882. She composed poetry, biographies, and essays, becoming popular in the 1860s. The words are "Et teneo et teneor" which in Latin mean "I hold and am held".
(Comment: it is not a frontispiece. It is a cropped trademark from the tile page.) Mike Hayes (talk) 05:37, 4 February 2015 (UTC)
Date circa 1860
date QS:P,+1860-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Source Book frontispiece of "Carmina crucis" as republished in 1906 https://books.google.com/books?id=xqAuAAAAYAAJ
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