Still Image

Bookplate for St. John's University

Date Unknown / Creator Unknown

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A pictorial-style institutional bookplate with an image of a bookshelf with columns on either side. In the foreground are three books lying on their sides with an oil lamp on top of them. The spines of the books read "Scientia," Humanitas," and "Religio." At the top of the bookshelf is the text "Ex libris" and below it is "Universitatis Sancti Joannis."

~ “Bookplate for St. John's University,” Portsmouth Public Library's Online Archives, accessed December 24, 2024, https://portsmouthexhibits.org/items/show/1630.

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Dublin Core

Title

Bookplate for St. John's University

Subject

Bookplates

Description

A pictorial-style institutional bookplate with an image of a bookshelf with columns on either side. In the foreground are three books lying on their sides with an oil lamp on top of them. The spines of the books read "Scientia," Humanitas," and "Religio." At the top of the bookshelf is the text "Ex libris" and below it is "Universitatis Sancti Joannis."

Source

The Helen Pearson Bookplate Collection

Publisher

Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections Dept.

Contributor

Pearson, Helen (1870-1949)

Format

Jpg derived from Tif

Language

eng
lat

Type

StillImage

Identifier

PPL-MS: 1925.1.240

Still Image Item Type Metadata

Original Format

Paper

Physical Dimensions

3 and ¼”H x 2 and ¾”W