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Title	BP MUR SL P N678
Contributor	Norton, Charles Eliot
Date Created	[1870-1899]
Description	This bookplate consists of a straight heraldic wreath charged with a gryphon. Below the wreath a three books, piled, with a scroll over-top, with Latin motto within. ; Bookplate Type : Heraldic ; Bookplate Function : Ownership
Extent	6.0 X 7.8 CM ; Technique Code : C1 : Steel engraving ; Orientation : Portrait;
Subject	heraldry
Geographic Location	United States
Genre	Illustrated works
Type	Still Image
File Format	image/jpeg
Notes	Bookplate belongs to a Charles Eliot Norton (1827-1908), an art history and literary scholar born in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Born to Andrew Norton, a Unitarian theologian, and Catherine Eliot, a professor of sacred literature at Harvard, Norton was educated at Harvard himself. He eventually settled back at Harvard as a professor of art history after travelling from place to place, including Boston, Europe, and India. He often travelled back to Europe and England, and notably forged friendships with Thomas Carlyle and Leslie Stephen (father of Virginia Woolf). Paper damage at centre of plate. ; Manuscript Notes : None. ; Personal
Collection	Thomas Murray Collection
Source	Original Format: University of British Columbia. Library. Rare Books and Special Collections. Thomas Murray Collection
Date Available	2008
Provider	Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights	Images provided for research and reference use only. Permission to publish, copy, or otherwise use these images must be obtained from Rare Books and Special Collections: http://rbsc.library.ubc.ca
DOI	10.14288/1.0215377
Aggregated Source Repository	CONTENTdm

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AMICI / ET / AMICUIS / CHARLES ELIOT NORTON" (Latin: Friendship and Friend)

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