A coat of arms with a light-colored Star of David against a dark field. At the center of the Star is a buck. At the crest is a lion sporting a crown and two stone tablets beneath his right paw.
Subject (Name):
Kisch, Bruno, 1890-1966 and Kisch, Ruth
Subject (Topic):
Lion, Medical historians, Physicians, Shield, and Star
A large tree can be seen behind a stone wall that stands along a path. The tree is half flowering, half dead. In the forefront are two children—a boy who stands upon the wall reaching at the branches; and a girl who sits upon the wall, reading a book. In the upper right-hand corner, behind the initials of the plate's owner, is part of a building, namely a roof and a steeple.
Subject (Name):
Jackson, Edith Banfield, 1895-1977
Subject (Topic):
Buildings, Nautilus, Physicians, Shield, and Woman
A circular design featuring a coat of arms with two stars, a crescent, and a bundle of grapes upon the field. At the helm is a jousting helm; at the crest is the head and cap of an elf-like male. Leafing and mantling surround the upper portion of the shield.
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
Palfrey, E. G. R. School of Medicine Tulane University of Louisiana
Published / Created:
1915
Collection Title:
Bookplate Collection
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Description:
Two leafy trees flanking the title name of the bookplate. On the outer sides of the trees are two shields—one containing a caduceus; the other a rooster on a pedestal. At center is a pelican feeding three fledglings in a nest.
Subject (Name):
School of Medicine Tulane University
Subject (Topic):
Birds, Medical colleges, Nature, Shield, and Snakess
A shield with an argent field featuring several ermines and divided by a bend vert with three fleurs-de-lis. In the right party per bend are two heads of griffin; in the left part is just one head of griffin. At the helm is a knight's helmet backed by elaborate mantling that engulfs the entire shield. At the crest, atop a torse, is a buck passant with a smaller shield gules with eight sable squares. A decorative border of berries and leaves surrounds the plate.
Subject (Name):
Conant, William M. and Yale School of Medicine
Subject (Topic):
Animals, Heraldic bookplates, Physicians, and Shield
Surrounded by the title text is the insignia for the Cushing/Whitney Medical Library. This features the Yale University coat of arms, and a caduceus on either side. Above is the Y-shaped design of the library itself, and below is the Yale motto Lux et Veritas.
Subject (Name):
Cushing/Whitney Medical Library, Yale School of Medicine and Overton, Alan
Subject (Topic):
Books, Caduceus, Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library, Medical libraries, Shield, and Yale Medical Library