A shield, itself edged with leafing, with an or field, and some blazoned sable barry of six. At the forefront is a lion rampant. At the helm, backed by more elaborate leafing of different shades, is a knights helmet. At the crest, atop a torse, is a demi lion gorged and a small crosslet fitchee in the forefront. Beneath the shield, upon a flowing banner, is the motto Fidus.
Subject (Name):
Mahood, Allan Edward
Subject (Topic):
Armorial, Dragon, Helmet, Lions, Physicians, Shield, and Shields
Giovanni del Virgilio, fl. 1319 Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 or 18 A.D
Published / Created:
[between 1450 and 1500]
Call Number:
Beinecke MS 758
Image Count:
110
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:
Manuscript on paper of Iohannes de Virgilio (Giovanni del Virgilio, 1300-1350), Allegoriae librorum Ovidii Metamorphoseos, in prose and verse.
Description:
Binding: Fifteenth century. Brown leather (sheepskin?) over cardboard (replacing worm-eaten wooden boards), blind-tooled with a frame of fillets and rolls; in the central panel a motif made of small rhomboid stamps. Parchment front pastedown. Remnants or marks of four clasps attached to the front cover., Copied by one hand in extremely small Humanistica Semitextualis Libraria. In the poetical sections the majuscules at the opening of each verse are set apart., Headings (“liber secundus” etc.) in clumsy Capitalis (several times erroneous: “LIBE”). Space for a 2-line initial left free on the first line of f. 1r, although this is not the beginning of the text., and Watermark: tower, var. Piccard, Turmwasserzeichen 611-613; var. Briquet, 15911?.
Subject (Name):
Giovanni del Virgilio,--fl. 1319
Subject (Topic):
Allegories, Latin literature, Medieval and modern, Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven, and Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
A coat of arms on which is a large lion. In the upper left hand corner of the shield appears to be a small sword. At the top is the head of a boar. The motto above reads the motto Vi Et Virtute.
Subject (Name):
Baird, Andrew Wood, Jr.
Subject (Topic):
Animals, Armorial, Armorial bookplates, Lion, Physicians, Physicists, and Shields
A shield divided into two vertical halves. To the left, this has been further quartered—the first quarter contains a lion rampant with a star above against an argent background. This is at the forefront of a field Gules with three cushions surrounding it. The second and third quarters have Or-styled fields; the second featuring a right-handed forearm grasping a crosslet fitchee, while the third features a drakkar. The fourth quarter, against a field Vert, displays a single pike. To the right, against a field Sable, are three pike. At the helm, atop a torse, is a right-handed fist grasping a crosslet fitchee. Surrounding the shield is a ribbon-esque banner featuring the motto Nec Tempore Nec Fato.
A coat of arms, divided by a spotted saltire, and featuring a fleur-de-lis in each quadrant. At the crest is a large fleur-de-lis above a torse. Below is the motto Fidelis.
Subject (Name):
Farre, Arthur, 1811-1887
Subject (Topic):
Armorial, Armorial bookplates, Fleur-de-lis, Physicians, Physicists, and Shield