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 coat of arms divided into two sections, with three bells within. Along the sides of the shield are flowers and grasses tied together. At the helm can be seen a garb. At the top of the plate is the motto Quid Utilius.
A man, woman, and child with a ram beneath a tree with a snake coiled around it. The scene surrounded by a oval frame. There are torches flanking the image, which in part make up a rectangular border. The phrase Servat et Docet is above the oval frame, and below it reads Fundata MDCCCLXXV. A motto: Fundata MDCCCLLXXV. Beneath is a box indicating Ex Dono, and a space to write a name.
Subject (Name):
Boston Medical Library and Yale University. School of Medicine
Subject (Topic):
Children, Heraldic bookplates, Medical libraries, Nature, Snakes, and Torches
A shield, party per pale, with three spears against an argent field; three gauntlets with mascles argent against an azure field. At the helm, atop a torse, is a clothed right-handed fist grasping a fourth spear. The shield is edged with leafing and further flanked by additional flora. Below, a long narrow banner presents the motto Dolore Lenio Dolorem.
Subject (Name):
Palmer, Charles
Subject (Topic):
A Right Hand, Armorial bookplates, Flower, Hand, Nature, Physicians, Shields, and Surgeons
A cottice featuring three palm leaves divides this coat of arms into two portions. At the helm, atop a torse, is a large fruit-bearing tree. Beneath the shield is the motto Famam Extendere Factis.
At the forefront of a stump is a coat of arms, divided into two with two stars flanking a garb of wheat in the upper portion. Below is a saltire at the forefront of three pallets against a spotted background. At the helm is a cornucopia of flowers atop a torse. Above the image is the motto Cura et Industria.
A coat of arms divided into two parts, with a fasces in the lower center, and three circles above. Above the helm and atop the mantling, is a serpent holding a snake and flanked by two large wings. Below is the motto Unitate Fortior.
Subject (Name):
Beck, Edward
Subject (Topic):
Armorial, Heraldic bookplates, Nature, Physicians, Shield, Shields, and Snakes
A scroll with a moth-like insect in the center, and a pupae on either side. The motto beneath the creatures reads Natura doceri. Behind the scroll are several oak leaves.
A shoreline scene with a large shell in the forefront, with trees and water in the background. Two columns make up the vertical sides of the border, each with a scallop shell in the middle. In each corner of the border there is a different coat of arms, save for the lower right-hand corner, which shows a shield that reads "South Australia". Above the scene, in the upper horizontal border, is the motto Omnia Deus Dat.
Subject (Name):
Bednall, Tompson
Subject (Topic):
Amorial, Heraldic bookplates, Nature, Physicians, Rivers, Shells, Shield, and Shields
A night scene is viewed from within a Roman-esque structure with two large columns, the right-hand one wrapped with a thick vine. The scene contains a large leafed tree upon a cliff, with a sill body of water beyond. A crescent moon hovers over the horizon, and an owl is in flight beneath the tree. Atop the monument is the motto Nox Venit.
