- Collection Title:
- Bookplate Collection
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- Prints & Photographs
- Description:
- At the left of the bookplate is a court jester, who carries a short scepter with the head of a jester at the top. Beneath the title text is the motto Stultum facit Fortuna quem vult perdere Pub. Syrus. Further below is a second motto When Fortune wills a man her worst, She has him born April ye first. —M.D.
- Subject (Name):
- Davies, Maurice
- Subject (Topic):
- Jester and Physicians
- Found in:
- Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > Dr Maurice Davies, M.A.
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- Creator:
- Carless, Joseph
- Collection Title:
- Bookplate Collection
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- Prints & Photographs
- Description:
- In the upper portion of the bookplate is a large circle featuring an image of a globe with a large leafy tree growing at the top pole. Surrounding this is a border designed to look like a belt with a buckle. Within the border is the motto Veritas de Terra Orta Est. Further below, under the name of the plate's owner (and title text) reads If thou art borrowed by a friend right welcome shall he be to read, to study, not to lend but to return to me.
- Subject (Name):
- Carless, Joseph
- Subject (Topic):
- Globes, Libraries, and Nature
- Found in:
- Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > Ex Libris, Joseph Carless
- Collection Title:
- Bookplate Collection
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- Prints & Photographs
- Description:
- A coat of arms featuring a fruit tree debruised by a fess with three spotted roundels. At the helm, surrounded by mantling much larger than the shield, is a knight's helmet. A flaming heart atop a torse is at the crest. Beneath the shield are two large cornucopias; at the top is the motto Ex Corde Charitas.
- Subject (Name):
- George Watson's Hospital Library and Watson, George
- Subject (Topic):
- Armorial bookplates, Heart, Helmet, Hospitals, Medical libraries, and Nature
- Found in:
- Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > George Watson's Hospital Library
- Collection Title:
- Bookplate Collection
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- Prints & Photographs
- Description:
- A coat of arms divided by a bend, featuring two flowers upon it. To the right is a crescent with a small cross within. At the helm, with very elaborate mantling, is a knight's helmet. At the crest is a the head of a sea serpent. Above the image is the motto Suum Cuique. At the top of the plate, written in black ink is the phrase "True to the end."
- Subject (Name):
- Cook, Joannes
- Subject (Topic):
- Armorial, Armorial bookplates, Helmet, Physicians, Shield, and Shields
- Found in:
- Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > Joannes Cook, C.M.
- Collection Title:
- Bookplate Collection
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- Prints & Photographs
- Description:
- A coat of arms, divided in half vertically, with three roundels on the left-hand side. At the helm is a knight's helmet, surrounded by mantling. At the crest is a crown, with a sea serpent arched overhead. Beneath the shield is the motto Quod Verum Tutem. Written in pencil surrounding the plate owner's name suggests that the book is from Courtenay to a J. Hardie, M.A.
- Subject (Name):
- Courtenay, John
- Subject (Topic):
- Armorial, Armorial bookplates, Crown, Fish, Helmet, HerArmorial bookplates, Shield, Shields, and Surgeons
- Found in:
- Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > John Courtenay, F.R.C.S.E.
- Collection Title:
- Bookplate Collection
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- Prints & Photographs
- Description:
- A coat of arms with a dark chevron in the center. The chevron features three cinquefoils. Above this are the heads of two eagles; below, just one. The shield is trimmed with flowers and leaves. At the helm, atop a torse, is a horse festoon with droplets. Below the shield is the motto Celeriter et Fortiter.
- Subject (Name):
- Jackson, John
- Subject (Topic):
- Animals, Armorial, Armorial bookplates, Flower, Horse, Physicians, Shield, Shields, and Surgeons
- Found in:
- Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > John Jackson, Surgeon
- Collection Title:
- Bookplate Collection
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- Prints & Photographs
- Description:
- A coat of arms divided horizontally in half by a large spotted band, with two heads and torsos of lions in the upper portion, and one of the same beneath. This is mounted atop a cross, which in turn is mounted above a banner with the phrase Nec Aspera Terrent. Above the crest, at the helm, is a knight's helmet, flanked by mantling and by two flags. An eagle stands at top center. Below the crest are five military-style medals.
- Subject (Name):
- Chermside, Sir Robert Alexander
- Subject (Topic):
- Amorial, Animals, Armorial bookplates, Birds, Helmet, Physicians, and Shields
- Found in:
- Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > Sir Robert Alder Chermside, M.D., &c.
- Collection Title:
- Bookplate Collection
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- Prints & Photographs
- Description:
- A coat of arms divided horizontally in half by a large spotted band, with two heads and torsos of lions in the upper portion, and one of the same beneath. This is mounted atop a cross, which in turn is mounted above a banner with the phrase Nec Aspera Terrent. At the helm stands an eagle. Below the crest is a military-style medal.
- Subject (Name):
- Chermside, Sir Robert Alexander
- Subject (Topic):
- Amorial, Animals, Armorial bookplates, Birds, Physicians, Shield, and Shields
- Found in:
- Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > Sir Robert Alexander Chermside, M.D.K.C.H.
- Collection Title:
- Bookplate Collection
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- Prints & Photographs
- Description:
- A coat of arms with three large decorated circles and several ermine spots in the background. At the helm is the head and torso of a wolf-like creature that has been pierced by an arrow. Below the crest is the motto Nec Temere Nec Timere.
- Subject (Name):
- Cartwright, William
- Subject (Topic):
- Amorial, Armorial bookplates, Dragon, Shield, Shields, and Surgeons
- Found in:
- Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > William Cartwright, Surgeon, Wellington