COLLECTION NAME:
Rylands Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL1401757
Reference Number:
Uncatalogued
Image Title:
Armorial bookplate of The John Rylands Library
Alternative Image Title:
Ex Libris The John Rylands Library
Creator:
Sherborn, Charles William, 1831-1912
Creator Role:
Bookplate designer
Creator Role:
Engraver
Date Created:
1894
Description:
Original drawing for the bookplate of The John Rylands Library. Black and grey ink, and bodycolour, with white (or grey) wash and graphite. It was designed in 1894 by Charles William Sherborn (1831-1912) and was registered at Stationers' Hall under the Fine Arts Copyright Act of 1862, upon the application of Mrs Rylands made on 10 December 1894. The Rylands coat of arms was granted posthumously by the College of Arms in 1893. It bears the arms of three families, those of Pilkington in and those of “Rylands impaling Tennant” in the shield: Per pale, dexter Azure a cross patonce Or, on a chief of the last an open book proper; sinister guttee de poix two bars invected per pale Sable and Gules, each bar charged with three bezants. The shield is surmounted by an esquire’s helm with a closed visor facing left, crowned with a silk torse (force or wreath). The mantling provides a decorative setting for the arms, ornamented with foliage and two tassels. Above is the crest, a figure of a bearded man with a hat, a mower with his scythe standing on an oak branch, charged on his breast with a cross as in the Pilkington arms. The crest is surrounded by a scroll inscribed with the Latin motto: NIHIL SINE LABORE, spiralling outwards on either side. The motto also appears upon the pages of the open book in the full coat of arms. On the upper left side is the monogram: JR, entwined by the motto scroll. Below the shield, a cartouche bears the inscription: BIBLIOTHECA JOANNES RYLANDS, and the date: 1894.
Language Code:
lat-GB
Language:
Latin
Language Code:
eng-GB
Language:
English
Category of Material:
Archives
Sub-Category:
Bookplates
Sub-Category:
Coats of arms
Technique Used:
Drawing (image-making)
Technique Used:
Handwriting
Medium:
Ink
Medium:
Watercolour (paint)
Support:
Paper
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Access Rights:
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2013-09-20
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Collection Code:
Rylands
Armorial bookplate of The John Rylands Library
