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| Title | [Bookplate for E. J. Hodgson] |
| Date Created | [between 1865 and 1875?] |
| Sort Date | 1875 |
| Description | Black ink on cream paper. The crest features a bird perched on a crest-wreath. The bird has elaborate head and tail feathers and is holding a leafy branch in its beak. Curling, leafy mantling surrounds the shield, which is divided per chevron engrailed. The top portion of the shield is argent with sable dots and charged with two trussed sable striped birds. The bottom portion of the shield is sable striped and is charged with a trussed argent bird with sable dots. Below the shield, the motto is printed on a ribbon with curling ends. The mottos is written in black, capitalized, sans serif font. The last s in "SPES" has been thickened by hand. Below the motto, the bookplate owner's name is printed in black, sentence case, stylized gothic font with curling spirals. |
| Extent | 1 bookplate : intaglio printing ; 6.2 x 9.2 cm |
| Subject | Armorial bookplates ; Birds ; Heraldry |
| Subject - Geographic | Charlottetown (P.E.I.) |
| Personal Names | Hodgson, E. J. |
| Genre | Prints |
| Type | Still Image |
| Format | image/jpeg |
| Language | Latin
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| Notes | The motto on a bookplate is associated with George Wright Hodgson (1842-1885), the first reverend of St. Peter's Cathedral in Charlottetown, PEI.
References:
1) Reliques of Ancient English Poetry - George Wright Hodgson. (n.d.). Retrieved 16 September 2017, from https://booklives.ca/islandora/object/booklives:357 |
| Access Identifier | BP MUR CAN P H347 |
| Digital Identifier | BP_MUR_CAN_P_H347 |
| Is Part Of | RBSC Bookplates |
| Source | Original Format: University of British Columbia. Library. Rare Books and Special Collections. Thomas Murray Bookplates Collection. Stanley Binder. BP MUR CAN P H347 |
| Date Available | 2017-09-28 |
| Publisher - Digital | 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 |
| Transcript | IN HOC SIGNO SPES MEA E.J. Hodgson.. swp/ Can. |
| Translation | In this sign is my hope |
| DOI | 1.0357338 |
