At center is a small home surrounded by trees. Above this are the seals of both the University of Pennsylvania and the Masons, separated by a caduceus. The phrases Per Angusta and AD Augusta are printed in ribbons above the seals.
Subject (Name):
Egbert, Joseph C. and Yale School of Medicine
Subject (Topic):
Books, Nature, Physicians, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Snake, and Time
In between two columns and large flaming lanterns is an image of the Earth. Behind this is a starry and partly cloudy sky with a full moon. At the center is an open book with the quote "'May blessings be upon the head of Cadmus the Phoenicians or whoever it was that invented books.' Carlyle". Beneath the entire image, in blue ink, is the signature of Joseph Cort. Cort received a PhD from Yale in 1951.
A man draped in cloth is seated on a coat of arms. He wears a mortar board on his head and holds a caduceus. There is a ship on the left; a skull, and a few books and papers at his feet.
Subject (Name):
Bishop, Louis FaugeÃÄres, 1864-1941 and Yale School of Medicine
At the top, a nude man holding a skull in front of shelves of books. Surrounding this are several masques. In the center is the image of a building standing against a cloudy sky. Further below is the bust with nymphs and a globe. In the lover right-hand corner is another nude man with a scroll sitting upon a pile of books.
Subject (Name):
Fishbein, Morris, 1889-1976 and Yale School of Medicine
A Greek fret borders this bookplate that depicts a large, open room at the top, and a sacred flame upon an altar at center. The lower third contains text, which reads: "The Book Destroyed Architecture." "All mankind are on the scaffolding, every mind is a mason. The humblest stops up his hole or lays his stone. Every day a fresh course is laid." --Victor Hugo "Keep bright the sacred fire of education my children!" --Samuel W. French A.B.-M.D.
Belt, Elmer, 1893-1980 Yale University. School of Medicine
Collection Title:
Bookplate Collection
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Description:
A landscape scene with a satyr reading beneath a single tree. The background consists of rolling hills and a large cloud in the sky. A banner at the bottom of the image reads "On bokes for to Rede I me Delyte" --Chaucer.
Subject (Name):
Belt, Elmer, 1893-1980 and Yale School of Medicine
A bearded man with an open book at his right hand, touches a skull with his left hand. Beneath the image is the phrase Pulchritudo Autem Carno Cutis Crinisque est Ecce Quid tua Propria Facie Subjaceat. This is surrounded by a vine of leaves and berries, with the addition of a skull in the center.
Subject (Name):
De Forest, Henry Pelouze, 1864- and Yale School of Medicine
Greenway, James Cowan Yale University. School of Medicine
Collection Title:
Bookplate Collection
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Description:
The Greenway family crest, with shelves of books behind it and columns framing it. Beneath is the phrase Suaviter Quam VI. At the bottom, with space in which to write, are the words: "Book" and "Shelf".
Subject (Name):
Greenway, James C. (James Cowan), 1903-1989 and Yale School of Medicine
Subject (Topic):
Armorial, Books, Globes, Heraldic bookplates, Nature, Physicians, and Shields
Library of the University of California Los Angeles
Collection Title:
Bookplate Collection
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Description:
A red circular emblem with an open book in the middle, and the initials "AC" and "AD" over the pages. Surrounding this are the words "Understanding", "Information", "Progress", and "Medicina". Beneath is a dedication, which reads "From the collections of rare medical books given by Dr. and Mrs. John A Benjamin in honor of Bennet M. Allen and Boris Krichesky, 1962".
Subject (Name):
Allen, Bennet, b. 1736 or 7, Krichesky, Boris, Library of the University of California, Los Angeles, and Yale School of Medicine
Subject (Topic):
Books, Libraries, and University of California, Los Angeles. Library