According to Smith, beginning in the early 1820s he had visions, in one of which an angel directed him to a buried book of golden plates inscribed with a Judeo-Christian history of an ancient American civilization.

On the front of the turban was a golden plate inscribed with the words: "Holiness unto YHWH" was attached to the mitznefet.

The crowd responded eagerly, with many waving the cheerleader's pompoms that had been distributed next to every $1,000 plate, inscribed with the phrase, "Rudy: He's earned our trust."

The cap was added later together with a small square plate inscribed with the date 1705.

Instead, the previous Class number was milled out and a separate small plate inscribed with the new Class number and "R" suffix was attached to the number plate.

In about 1827, for instance, Joseph Smith Junior was given by the Angel Moroni a new Bible in the form of golden plates inscribed in 'reformed Egyptian' hieroglyphics, with a set of seer-stones, called Urim and Thummim, with which to read them.

The memorial features plates inscribed with the names of the dead, and it is located across from an amphitheater that hosts an annual memorial service to commemorate South African police officers killed in the line of duty.

The work describes some astronomical instruments, in particular an astrolabe fitted with plates inscribed with tables and a commentary on the use of these.

They say he's got fat peacocks strutting around in a courtyard, protected by high walls, pecking up grain from silver plates inscribed with Moorish designs.