Within a pair of columns is the view of the corner of a library. There is an armed chair at the forefront of two large bookcases filled with books. Framed images and statuettes are above. Further above is the motto Fructu Arbor Cognoscitur. Below, at the forefront of the image, is a shield featuring the initials of the bookplate's owner. A knight's helmet is at the helm.
A coat of arms containing a eagle at center, three rings, and a double star above. At the top is an eagle holding another ring. Below is the motto Semper Virtute Constans.
A pile of books forming a frame around a scroll featuring a shield party per fess with an or field and a lion rampant counter charged. At the helm, upon a torse is a demi lion rampant. The shield is surrounded by a long, leafy vine. Below, on the bottom curl, is the motto Veritas Vincet. Further above the frame of books is a violin, a recorder, a fife, and some sheet music. Enclosed card reads: This is the plate of FRANCIS ORPEN, A. B. reworked. Note the musical instruments above books.
Subject (Name):
Orpen, Francis H. S.
Subject (Topic):
Armorial, Armorial bookplates, Books, Lion, Lions, Physicians, and Shields
A coat of arms, with an argent field and azure fess with a boar's head above, and three downward-pointing arrows in the forefront. The shield is surrounded by fancy leafing, flowers, and grasses. Below is the motto Sollicitæ Jucunda Oblivia Vitæ.
Subject (Name):
Hutcheson, F.
Subject (Topic):
Armorial, Armorial bookplates,, Arrow, Dragon, Physicians, Shield, and Shields
A coat of arms divided into two by a speckled and engrailed chevron. Two large garbes of wheat are in the upper divide, and one large garbe below. At the crest is a sleeved right arm clasping a globe in its fist and its forearm disappearing into a cloud-like object. Below is the motto Spes Mea In Deo.
Subject (Name):
Field
Subject (Topic):
Apothecary, Armorial, Globe, Hand, Physicians, Surgeons, and Tree
A woman holding a horn-like object standing over a sarcophagus. A caduceus leans on the opposite side of her. In the background is a large weeping willow. Below the image is written Suos de medicina libros gratum idem ac lugubre donum Johanne Seward legavit.
A coat of arms at center, divided into two portions, with a deer in the bottom half, featuring a Tau cross. Above this, in the upper portion, are three crosses. A knight is at the helm, surrounded by mantling. At the crest is another deer, also featuring a Tau cross, with another variety of cross in its mouth. At the base of the shield hangs a medal with a masonic symbol in the center, and "Provincial Grand Lodge Down" written around the border. Above the entire shield is the motto Credo et Amo.
Subject (Name):
Crossle, Francis C.
Subject (Topic):
Animals, Armorial, Armorial bookplates, Cross, Physicians, Shield, and Shields
A coat of arms divided into two portions, with a deer in the bottom half, featuring a Tau cross. Above this, in the upper portion, are three crosses. At the helm is the head of a deer, also featuring a Tau cross, with another variety of cross in its mouth. At the base of the shield is the motto Credo et Amo.
A coat of arms divided into two, with three ravens above a blank field. At the helm are two arms clad in armor and each brandishing a sword--one has pierced a heart-shaped organ; the other, a boar's head. Beneath the image is the motto Amor Vel Gloria.
Subject (Name):
Corban, Francis
Subject (Topic):
Armorial, Armorial bookplates, Birds, Physicians, Shield, Shields, and Sword