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[Bookplate for James Bruce MacKinnon]

Black ink. A straight wreath is charged with a boar's head, erased, holding a deer's shank bone in its mouth. Below the boar's head waves a banner containing the MacKinnon family motto.

Animals; Heraldry

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It is unclear which James Bruce MacKinnon owned this bookplate. The MacKinnon clan crest always features a boar's head with a deer bone in the mouth, which originates from an event that allegedly happened in the 14th century when a member of the clan was separated from his hunting party in Scotland. Setting up camp in a cave, he began cooking a deer over an open fire when he was suddenly charged by a boar. The individual jammed the deer bone into the boar's mouth, prying it open, afterwards killing the animal with a knife.
References:
1) MacKinnon, Charles. Scottish Highlanders (1992). Retrieved Jan 7, 2009 from http://books.google.ca/books?id=ZNL1Z8UcAXYC&lpg=PP1&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q=&f=false
2) Open Library: Sooner or Later Retreived Jan 7, 2009 from http://openlibrary.org/b/OL20144830M/Sooner_or_later.
3) Clan Mackinnon. (2010, January 1). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 21:24, January 7, 2010, from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Clan_Mackinnon&oldid=335265968

RBSC Bookplates

2010

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