A snake forms an oval in which the title text is at center. Above is a lion holding a fleur-de-lis. Further above is a large draped curtain that hovers over the entire image. A motto over the lion reads Bominus Fortitudo Mea.
A coat of arms in which is the letter Y with a star at its center. The shield is bordered by several ermine spots. At the helm is a knight's helmet, surrounded by elaborate mantling. At the crest is a boar with a balancing scale in its mouth. Above is the motto Fortis et Æquus.
Subject (Name):
Cunninghame, Alexander
Subject (Topic):
Animals, Armorial, Armorial bookplates, Helmet, Physicians, and Shield
A shield, edged with leafing, and divided into two halves. Each half presents a gules field divided by an argent bend with three waterfowl upon it. In the upper right hand is the head of a unicorn. At the helm, surrounded by fancy leafing, is a knight's helmet. At the crest, atop a torse, is the head of a unicorn adorned with droplets. Beneath the shield are two medals that hang from ribbons. In front of these is a long banner with the motto Persevero Donec Vincam.
Subject (Name):
Marsden, Alexander (Alexander Edwin), 1832-1902
Subject (Topic):
Armorial, Armorial bookplates,, Birds, Helmet, Physicians, Shield, Shields, and Unicorn
A shield, divided into two vertical halves. The left half, with a field further divided into two designs (Gules and Azure), features a chevron Argent with five ermine spots. Surrounding this are three scallop shells; two above, one below. The right half contains, against a field Argent, a chevron Sable with three scallop shells upon it. Surrounding this are three trefoils; two above, one below. At the top of the half is a single crescent. The shield itself is edged in leafing; at the crest, upon a torse, is a lion passant. Below the shield is the motto Virtute et Labore.
Subject (Name):
McClintock, Alfred H. (Alfred Henry), 1821-1881
Subject (Topic):
Armorial, Armorial bookplates, Cross, Dragon, Physicians, Shells, Shield, and Shields
The ruins of an ancient temple. Surrounding the plate is written Etenim Omnes Artes Quae ad Humanitatem Pertinent Habent Quasi Commune Vinculum et Cognatione Quadam Inter se Continentur.
A shield, parted per fess, gules and argent, with a lion rampant on the left, and a maunch with a fleur-de-lis on the right. At the helm is a knight's helmet, backed by elaborate leafing. At the crest, atop a torse, is a large baguette with two entwined snakes in the center. Below the shield, upon a long banner, is the motto Sit Ordo in Omnibus.
Subject (Name):
Master, Alfred, 1883-1978
Subject (Topic):
Armorial, Birds, Fleur-de-lis, Helmet, Lions, Shield, Shields, and Snakes
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