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[Bookplate for Howard]

Description

Black ink on cream paper. Crest features a lion statant guardant standing on a circular platform wrapped in a pointed ribbon decorated with four diamonds. Shield features sable and argent stripes. There is an argent bend featuring a decorative smaller shield that has several geometric borders with a demi-lion rampant in the center. The shield is charged with six crosses, three on each side of the bend. The crosses peter to a thin point at the bottom and the other parts of the cross divide into miniature cross shapes. The shield has dexter and sinister supporters, both lions rampant. The bases of the lions’ neck are decorated with a star. The lions are standing on a curling ribbon that features the motto, printed in capitalized sans serif font. Below the motto is the name of the bookplate owner printed in stylized gothic sentence-case font. Four squiggly arrows point towards the text from each side.

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Title
[Bookplate for Howard]
Date Created
[not before 1830?]
Description
Black ink on cream paper. Crest features a lion statant guardant standing on a circular platform wrapped in a pointed ribbon decorated with four diamonds. Shield features sable and argent stripes. There is an argent bend featuring a decorative smaller shield that has several geometric borders with a demi-lion rampant in the center. The shield is charged with six crosses, three on each side of the bend. The crosses peter to a thin point at the bottom and the other parts of the cross divide into miniature cross shapes. The shield has dexter and sinister supporters, both lions rampant. The bases of the lions’ neck are decorated with a star. The lions are standing on a curling ribbon that features the motto, printed in capitalized sans serif font. Below the motto is the name of the bookplate owner printed in stylized gothic sentence-case font. Four squiggly arrows point towards the text from each side.
Extent
1 bookplate : relief printing ; 6.1 x 8.4 cm
Subject
Private libraries; Peerage; Armorial bookplates; Heraldry
Geographic Location
Surrey (England)
Person Or Corporation
Howard
Genre
Prints
Type
Still Image
File Format
image/jpeg
Language
Latin
Notes
The bookplate features the crest associated with the Earl of Effingham. The Earldom of Effingham has passed down through the house of Howard after Lord William Harold, who worked under Henry VIII and Edward VI, became Baron Howard of Effingham on March 11, 1554. Sir Bernard Burke’s A Genealogical and Heraldic Diction of the Peerage and Baronetage identifies Henry Howard as the current Earl of Effingham in 1878. Henry Howard was born in Surrey on August 23, 1806 and married Eliza Drummond on August 18, 1832.
References:
1) Burke, B. (1878). A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage. London: Harrison. Retrieved from https://books.google.ca/books?id=YyJNAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA419&lpg=PA419&dq=howard+AND+%22virtus+mille+scuta%22&source=bl&ots=maLWFrJTyR&sig=gquWeafkaS0sSpdz_5xUJQyC_pc&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwif77P6qfjSAhULz2MKHdRcAZQQ6AEIKjAD#v=onepage&q=howard%20AND%20%22virtus%20mille%20scuta%22&f=false
Identifier
BP MUR ENG P H9373; BP_MUR_ENG_P_H9373
Collection
RBSC Bookplates
Source
Original Format: University of British Columbia. Library. Rare Books and Special Collections. Thomas Murray Bookplates Collection. Stanley Binder. BP MUR ENG P H9373
Date Available
2017-03-29
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
10.14288/1.0348866
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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