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[Bookplate for Charles Gery Milnes]
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| Title | [Bookplate for Charles Gery Milnes] |
| Date Created | [between 1800 and 1899] |
| Sort Date | 1899 |
| Description | In black ink, this bookplate consists of an escutcheon divided quarterly, and contains an inescutcheon at the fess point. The first and fourth quadrants of the escutcheon, azure (blue), contain a chevron, argent (silver), charged with three millrinds. The first quadrant differs from the fourth in that only two millrinds are visible, as one is covered by the inescutcheon, and it contains a canton at the dexter chief, or (gold), charged with a trefoil, sable (black). The second and third quadrants, gules (red), are charged with three lion heads, two over one, and contain a fess, argent and engrailed, charged with two escallopes, azure. The inescutcheon, gules, contains two bars, argent, charged with three mascles (open faced lozenge) each, gules ; and a canton at the dexter chief, or, charged with a roundlet, hurts (azure). The escutcheon's crest is a straight wreath, topped by a ducal coronet and an elephants head, dexter and erased, with tusks. |
| Extent | 1 bookplate : steel engraving ; 6.5 x 9.4 cm |
| Subject | Heraldry |
| Subject - Geographic | Lincolnshire (England) |
| Personal Names | Milnes, Charles Gery |
| Genre | Prints |
| Type | Still Image |
| Format | image/jpeg |
| Notes | Charles Gery Milnes, esq. of Beckingham Hall, Beckingham, in Lincolnshire. Born 1804, and died at age 51, November 6, 1855. He was the eldest son of John Milnes, esq. barrister-at-law, and a magistrate for the county.
References:
1) The Gentleman's Magazine and Historical Review, v. 198, January-June 1855. (Accessed through Google Book Search - 10 March 2008). |
| Access Identifier | BP MUR ENG P M556 |
| Digital Identifier | BP_MUR_ENG_P_M556 |
| 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 M556 |
| 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 | Charles Gery Milnes. |
| DOI | 1.0215387 |
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