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Title
Massachusetts Agricultural College Library
Style
Book plate  
Bookplate Type
Pictorial  
Bookplate Function
Ownership  
Institutional or Personal
Institutional  
Dimensions
69 x 114 mm
Orientation
Portrait
Coverage-Spatial
Amherst (Mass.)  
Subject/Iconography
University of Massachusetts at Amherst  
Bookplate Text
LIBRARY OF THE MASSACHUSETTS AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE
Description
  • Text and coat of arms: Escutcheon azure (blue) charged with a native American holding a bow and arrow or (gold) and a star of five points argent (silver)
  • the crest, above a straight wreath a arm embowed or, in the hand a sword
  • banner with motto: Ense petit placidam svb libertate qvietem
Note
  • [1] Founded in 1863, the Massachusetts Agricultural College eventually became the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. [2] Motto: Ense petit placidam sub libertate quietem = By the sword we seek peace
  • but peace only under liberty.
Rights
No Copyright - United States
File Name
exlibris1162.jp2
Collection Title
John Starr Stewart Ex Libris Collection
Collection
John Starr Stewart Ex Libris Collection
TitleMassachusetts Agricultural College Library
StyleBook plate  
Bookplate TypePictorial  
Bookplate FunctionOwnership  
Institutional or PersonalInstitutional  
Dimensions69 x 114 mm
OrientationPortrait
Coverage-SpatialAmherst (Mass.)  
Subject/IconographyUniversity of Massachusetts at Amherst  
Bookplate TextLIBRARY OF THE MASSACHUSETTS AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE
Description
  • Text and coat of arms: Escutcheon azure (blue) charged with a native American holding a bow and arrow or (gold) and a star of five points argent (silver)
  • the crest, above a straight wreath a arm embowed or, in the hand a sword
  • banner with motto: Ense petit placidam svb libertate qvietem
Note
  • [1] Founded in 1863, the Massachusetts Agricultural College eventually became the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. [2] Motto: Ense petit placidam sub libertate quietem = By the sword we seek peace
  • but peace only under liberty.
RightsNo Copyright - United States
File Nameexlibris1162.jp2
Collection TitleJohn Starr Stewart Ex Libris Collection
CollectionJohn Starr Stewart Ex Libris Collection

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