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Title [Bookplate for John Bonsall Porter]
Date Created [unknown]
Description This heraldic bookplate is printed on cream paper with dark brown ink, and consists of an escutcheon, sable (black), charged with three church bells, two over one. Above the escutcheon is a helmet at three quarters profile in esquire form, with mantling radiating from it. Above the helmet is a straight wreath crested by the head of a lion in profile. Above the crest is a banner, with first Latin motto within. Below the escutcheon is another banner, with second Latin motto within.
Extent 1 bookplate : relief printing ; 5.7 x 8.3 cm
Subject Heraldry
Person Or Corporation Porter, John Bonsall
Genre Prints
Type Still Image
FileFormat image/jpeg
Language Latin
Notes Possibly belonging to a John Bonsall Porter (1861-1944), an American born in Glendale, Ohio. In 1882, Porter graduated from Columbia University with a Doctor of Science, and eventually received his Ph.D as well. Porter settled as a professor of engineering at McGill University in Montreal, Québec in Canada, and a graduate scholarship still bears his name in his honour.
References:
1) Porter, John Bonsall." McGill Teaching and Research. University Archives Record. Accessed 03 Mar. 2008 from http://www.archives.mcgill.ca/resources/guide/vol2_3/gen01.htm
2) Lundy, Darryl. "Dr. John Bonsall Porter." The Peerage. Accessed 03 Mar. 2008 from http://www.thepeerage.com/p18642.htm#i186418
3) The Manual of Heraldry. 7th Ed. London: Virtue Brothers & Co., 1866.
4) Heraldic Dictionary . University of Notre Dame, Dept. of Special Collections. 31 July 2000. Accessed 21 Nov. 2007 at http://www.rarebooks.nd.edu/digital/heraldry/index.html.
5) "Mottoes A-C." Heraldry Unlimited. First accessed 3 Mar. 2004 from http://www.heraldryunlimited.com/guide/motto/AC.htm.
6) Simpson, D.P. Cassell's New Latin Dictionary. 3rd Ed. London: Cassell & Company Ltd., 1964.
Identifier BP MUR SL P P678
BP_MUR_SL_P_P678
Collection RBSC Bookplates
Source Original Format: University of British Columbia. Library. Rare Books and Special Collections. Thomas Murray Bookplates Collection. BP MUR SL P P678
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 10.14288/1.0215381
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VIGILANTIA ET VIRTUE RE PERACTA FINEM FORTITER EXSPECTA . John Bonsall Porter

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