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[Bookplate for John Bonsall Porter]

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.

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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.

2008

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