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[Bookplate for Johannis Platt by John Dickson Batten]
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| Title | [Bookplate for Johannis Platt by John Dickson Batten] |
| Creator | Batten, John Dickson |
| Date Created | 1892 |
| Sort Date | 1892 |
| Description | This bookplate has both heraldic and pictoral qualities. The primary subject of the bookplate is a lamb, grazing in a glade of flowers, with bookplate owner's name in a banner below. In the background, the bookplate features a pen of sheep as well as a dead wolf hanging from a tree. At top-left corner, the bookplate features an escutcheon, azure (blue), charged with two fleur-de-lis and a lamb, two over one, and a chevron or (gold) charged with a fleur-de-lis and two cinque foil. Above the escutcheon is a peer helmet, with a wreath charged with a grazing lamb. Mantling radiates from the helmet, and Welsh motto is contained on one side. The entire scene is contained within a stylized border, with Welsh motto within. |
| Extent | 1 bookplate : lithography, drypoint ; 12.9 x 18.9 cm |
| Subject | Animals ; Plants ; Heraldry |
| Subject - Geographic | England |
| Personal Names | Platt, Johannis |
| Genre | Prints |
| Type | Still Image |
| Format | image/jpeg |
| Language | Latin
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| Notes | According to John and John Bernard Burke's 1845 "Heraldic Illustrations, " bookplate motto belongs to a 'Count Eyre.' Heraldic crest loosely resembles Eyre family crest found in Burke's "Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry." However, no information on a 'Grege Johannis Platt' or 'Johannis Platt' is found. The artist of this bookplate is John Dickson Batten (1860-1932), a well known London illustrator of English, Irish and Indian fairy tales. UBC Library has twelve items attributed to Batten in its holdings.
References:
1) Burke, John, and John Bernard Burke. Heraldic Illustrations. London: E. Churton: 1845. Original From Oxford University. Digitized by Google 12 Jun 2006. Accessed 07 April 2008.
2) Burke, Bernard. "Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry." London: Shaw Publishing Co., Ltd, 1937.
3) The Manual of Heraldry. 7th Ed. London: Virtue Brothers & Co., 1866.
4) Heraldic Dictionary. University of Notre Dame, Dept. of Special Collections. 31 July 2000. Accessed 21 Nov. 2007 at http://www.rarebooks.nd.edu/digital/heraldry/index.html.
5) "Mottoes Q-S." Heraldry Unlimited. First accessed 3 Mar. 2004 from http://www.heraldryunlimited.com/guide/motto/AC.htm.
6) Fincham, H.W. The Artists and Engravers of British and American Bookplates. London: Kegan, Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., Ltd., 1897.
7) Simpson, D.P. Cassell's New Latin Dictionary. 3rd Ed. London: Cassell & Company Ltd., 1964. |
| Access Identifier | BP MUR ENG P P538 |
| Digital Identifier | BP_MUR_ENG_P_P538 |
| Is Part Of | RBSC Bookplates |
| Source | Original Format: University of British Columbia. Library. Rare Books and Special Collections. Thomas Murray Bookplates Collection. BP MUR ENG P P538 |
| Date Available | 2008 |
| 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 | MITTE DOMUM ERRANTEM SI QUA CONSPEXERIS AGNUM (border text) ; NEMINEM METUE INNOCENS EX GREGE JOHANNIS PLATT ; CLIFTON LODGE LLANDUDNO |
| Translation | To send home by travelling if you wish by which route to perceive sheep ; Being innocent, fear no one ; Out of the herds |
| DOI | 1.0215396 |
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