The Cushing family coat of arms (with the phrase Virtute et Numine is at the top-left corner of border wrapped in leaves and ribbon, with the initials of family members who have gone on to become doctors, and the dates of their degrees or beginning of practice. At top center is a skull with a snake wrapped around it. At the bottom is a caduceus. Inside the image, at bottom center, are two lines in which to write.
Subject (Name):
Cushing, Harvey, 1869-1939 and Yale School of Medicine
The Cushing family coat of arms (with the phrase Virtute et Numine is at the top-left corner of border wrapped in leaves and ribbon, with the initials of family members who have gone on to become doctors, and the dates of their degrees or beginning of practice. At top center is a skull with a snake wrapped around it. At the bottom is a caduceus. Inside the image, at bottom center, are two lines in which to write (in this case, the signature of Harvey Cushing).
Subject (Name):
Cushing, Harvey, 1869-1939 and Yale School of Medicine
Cushing, Harvey, 1869-1939 Yale University. School of Medicine
Published / Created:
1939
Collection Title:
Bookplate Collection
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Description:
The Cushing family coat of arms (with the phrase Virtute et Numine is at the top-left corner of border wrapped in leaves and ribbon, with the initials of family members who have gone on to become doctors, and the dates of their degrees or beginning of practice. At top center is a skull with a snake wrapped around it. At the bottom is a caduceus. Inside the image, at bottom center, is the signature of Harvey Cushing. Beneath the image is the text "Yale Medical Library Bequest of 1939."
Subject (Name):
Cushing, Harvey, 1869-1939 and Yale School of Medicine
Subject (Topic):
Libraries, Nature, Neurosurgeons, Skull, Snakes, and Yale Medical Library
A decorative border surrounds the bookplate's text. At center is a crest with an open book featuring the phrase Sapientia Legendo. Beneath this are three argent waves. Within the bottom half of the plate is text, which reads "A gift in memory of Harvey Cushing of the Class of 1891 Yale College/ A trustee of the library 1926-1933"
Subject (Name):
Cushing, Harvey, 1869-1939 and Public Library of Brookline
Subject (Topic):
Books, Libraries, Neurosurgeons, Shield, and Shields
At center, there is a quill pen and a stack of paper, a drawing with the initials H. C., and an open book showing the text "Meningioma Pituitary". A brain on a staff is on the left hand side of the plate, and a caduceus on the right. Beneath is a space to write the name of the deceased to which the book is in memoriam.
Subject (Name):
Cushing, Harvey, 1869-1939, Harvey Cushing Society, and Yale Medical Library
Subject (Topic):
Books, Caduceus, Medical colleges, Medical libraries, Pens, and Yale University--Societies, etc.
The clover symbol of the "Trinitarians." The "F" refers to John F. Fulton. The "C" refers to Harvey Cushing. The "K" refers to Arnold C. Klebs. The symbol of the founding fathers of the Yale Historical Library. Three leaves on a stem. Originally designed by Arnold Klebs, who wrote: "...we ought to call it our trefoil solidarity and use as emblem the clover leaf ... and the inversely heart-shaped leaves ... are quite appropriate and nicely stamped on some of our beloved volumes..." (The Making of a Library, Yale University, 1959)
Subject (Name):
Cushing, Harvey, 1869-1939, Fulton, John Farquhar, 1899-1960, Klebs, Arnold C. (Arnold Carl), 1870-1943, and Yale Medical Library
Subject (Topic):
Medical colleges, Medical libraries, Nature, Trinitarian symbol, Trinitarians-Yale University, Yale University. School of Medicine, and Yale University--Societies, etc.