Name/Title
Philadelphia College of Pharmacy And Science PlaqueEntry/Object ID
PCP.2023.2.323Description
Round earthenware Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science plaque depicting Hebe, goddess of eternal youth, and Demeter, goddess of harvest and agriculture. The center of the plaque reads: “Nosse haec omnia salus est," which translates to: "To know all these things is safety.”Artwork Details
Medium
StoneSubject
Hebe
Demeter
Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and ScienceContext
The history of the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy’s seal is briefly recounted in Joseph W. England’s The First Century of the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, 1821-1921 . According to the 1844 alumnus, Board of Trustees member, and APA editor Thomas S. Wiegand, included on early nineteenth century College of Apothecaries certificates was a sketch of a laboratory with a legend that read: “Quem scit uterque exerceat artem” [Let each one practice the art which he knows]. In 1822, the Committee in charge of the College’s seal changed the legend to the Cicero quote: “Quam quisque novit artem in hac se exerceat”[Let each one exercise himself in the art which he knows]. These maxims were eventually combined into a new legend:
Nosse haec omnia salus est
[To know all these things is safety]
which was incorporated into the official seal of the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and, in this form, continues to appear on the College’s official documents and significant buildings.Category
PCP memorabilia, decorative art/objects
Made/Created
Time Period
Mid- to late-20th CenturyDimensions
Dimension Description
PlaqueDiameter
13-1/4 inExhibitions
Exhibition
Selections from the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy Permanent CollectionNotes
Exhibition Section: "PCP History"