Still Image

Bookplate for Phillips Exeter Academy

From book received April 1860; accessioned 1965. / Creator Unknown

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A heraldic-style institutional bookplate in black ink on ivory paper with a line border, featuring the coat-of-arms of Phillips Exeter Academy, which bears a lion rampant and is topped with a seated lion, and surrounded by elaborate mantling. Latin script above and below reads “Pia mente studeatur. In usum Academia Phillipsa Exoniensis,” which loosely translates to “Let him study with a pious mind in the use of the Academy of Phillips Exeter.” Beneath is space for accession information, including "Accession," "Book," and "Presented by." Handwritten in the accession field is 1965, in the book field is "E.F.013" and below the presented by field is the handwritten date April, 1860. "Discarded" is written in pencil across the left side.

~ “Bookplate for Phillips Exeter Academy,” Portsmouth Public Library's Online Archives, accessed December 23, 2024, https://portsmouthexhibits.org/items/show/1680.

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Dublin Core

Title

Bookplate for Phillips Exeter Academy

Subject

Bookplates

Description

A heraldic-style institutional bookplate in black ink on ivory paper with a line border, featuring the coat-of-arms of Phillips Exeter Academy, which bears a lion rampant and is topped with a seated lion, and surrounded by elaborate mantling. Latin script above and below reads “Pia mente studeatur. In usum Academia Phillipsa Exoniensis,” which loosely translates to “Let him study with a pious mind in the use of the Academy of Phillips Exeter.” Beneath is space for accession information, including "Accession," "Book," and "Presented by." Handwritten in the accession field is 1965, in the book field is "E.F.013" and below the presented by field is the handwritten date April, 1860. "Discarded" is written in pencil across the left side.

Source

The Helen Pearson Bookplate Collection

Publisher

Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections

Date

From book received April 1860; accessioned 1965.

Contributor

Pearson, Helen (1870-1949)

Format

Jpg derived from Tif

Language

eng
lat

Type

StillImage

Identifier

PPL-MS: 1925.1.190

Still Image Item Type Metadata

Original Format

Paper

Physical Dimensions

4 and ½”H x 3 and ¾”W