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[Bookplate for James Bruce MacKinnon]
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| Title | [Bookplate for James Bruce MacKinnon] |
| Date Created | [1900?] |
| Sort Date | 1900 |
| Description | Black ink. A straight wreath is charged with a boar's head, erased, holding a deer's shank bone in its mouth. Below the boar's head waves a banner containing the MacKinnon family motto. |
| Extent | 1 bookplate : burin engraving ; 6.6 x 9.6 cm |
| Subject | Animals ; Heraldry |
| Personal Names | MacKinnon, James Bruce |
| Genre | Prints |
| Type | Still Image |
| Format | image/jpeg |
| Language | Latin
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| Notes | It is unclear which James Bruce MacKinnon owned this bookplate. The MacKinnon clan crest always features a boar's head with a deer bone in the mouth, which originates from an event that allegedly happened in the 14th century when a member of the clan was separated from his hunting party in Scotland. Setting up camp in a cave, he began cooking a deer over an open fire when he was suddenly charged by a boar. The individual jammed the deer bone into the boar's mouth, prying it open, afterwards killing the animal with a knife.
References:
1) MacKinnon, Charles. Scottish Highlanders (1992). Retrieved Jan 7, 2009 from http://books.google.ca/books?id=ZNL1Z8UcAXYC&lpg=PP1&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q=&f=false
2) Open Library: Sooner or Later Retreived Jan 7, 2009 from http://openlibrary.org/b/OL20144830M/Sooner_or_later.
3) Clan Mackinnon. (2010, January 1). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 21:24, January 7, 2010, from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Clan_Mackinnon&oldid=335265968 |
| Access Identifier | BP MUR SL P M335 |
| Digital Identifier | BP_MUR_SL_P_M335 |
| Is Part Of | RBSC Bookplates |
| Source | Original Format: University of British Columbia. Library. Rare Books and Special Collections. Thomas Murray Bookplates Collection. Leslie Binder. BP MUR SL P M335 |
| Date Available | 2010 |
| 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 | AUDENTSES FORTUNA JUVAT James Bruce MacKinnon |
| Translation | Fortune favors the bold |
| DOI | 1.0215568 |
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