Tuesday 21 July 1668
Up, and to St. James’s, but lost labour, the Duke abroad. So home to the office, where all the morning, and so to dinner, and then all the afternoon at the office, only went to my plate-maker’s, and there spent an hour about contriving my little plates,1 for my books of the King’s four Yards. At night walked in the garden, and supped and to bed, my eyes bad.
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Terry Foreman • Link
"my little plates, for my books of the King’s four Yards"
The plates in question were evidently intended to show the layouts of the dockyards @ Woolwich, Deptford, Chatham and Portsmouth.
L&M say the plates are not in the Pepys Library; no comment (here) on the books.
Mae • Link
"Two anchors and ropes entwined"
Did these symbolize the Royal Navy or were they some sort of personal crest?
Terry Foreman • Link
"Did these symbolize the Royal Navy or were they some sort of personal crest?"
Samuel Pepys's bookplate and motto: "Mens cujusque is est Quisque"
http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Samuel_Pepys_...
Any thoughts?
Terry Foreman • Link
"On the front of the [ Pepys Building at Magdelene College, Cambridge ] is the painted inscription Bibliotheca Pepysiana 1724 which records the date of arrival of the library; above it are painted Pepys's arms and his motto "Mens cujusque is est quisque" ("The mind's the man" taken from Cicero's De re publica)."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepys_Library#Pepy...
LKvM • Link
Sort of like "Cogito, ergo sum"?
Jesse • Link
re: Samuel Pepys’s bookplate and motto - thoughts?
Well, if you're asking. I think it's clear Pepys identified closely with his job which, in short, involved materiel administration. If you think about it, I suppose anchors and ropes are a good choice to represent the materiel while the moto represents the administrative aspect.
Terry Foreman • Link
Pepys picks up the plates on the 27th:
http://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/1668/07/27/