General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

5

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

non-ferrous metal

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

34.6 cm

Width

26.6 cm

Height

N/A

Thickness

N/A

Weight

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Diameter

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Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Printing

Category

Image carriers

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Unknown

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Quebec

Period

circa 1921

Canada

A printing plate from a collection used by the les Soeurs de la Charité de Montreal, the Sisters of Charity of Montreal (Soeurs Grises/Grey Nuns). The order was established by Mme Marguerite d'Youville in Montreal in 1737 to serve to poor and sick. The Grey Nuns run hospitals, orphanages, schools, homes for the aged, institutions for the blind, and other social services and works of charity in various parts of Canada and the United States. D'Youville was officially recognized as a Saint of the Roman Catholic Church in 1990. These plates were acquired by les Souers Grises from l'Institut Nazareth, which utilized them for printing the Institut's publications. L'Institut Nazareth is a co-educational school for blind children, founded in 1862 in Montreal by Benjamin-Victor Rousselot and the Grey Nuns. Music was a part of the general curriculum from the outset. The newspapers of the time describe annual concerts which introduced both first-rate performing talents and important new works to the Montreal public and a choir whose reputation led to tours of the province. Many considered the school the earliest conservatory in Montreal. The Institut Nazareth merged with the Institut Louis-Braille in June 1975, continuing thereafter as the Institut Nazareth et Louis-Braille, located in Longueuil, Quebec [Refs. 1-4].

Function

A metal plate used in a printing press to transfer an image to paper using ink, in this case the lyrics and music of a song.

Technical

Unknown

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

black lettering on front reads 'LA MESSAGÈRE/ Poésie de M. ALBERT LOZEAU/ Musique de/ ARTHUR LALIBERTÉ/ Elève de Nazareth/ Institution de Aveugles/ MONTRÉAL/ PRIX 50 SOUS/ PRINTED BY/ WHALEY, ROYCE & CO./ LIMITED/ TORONTO, CAN/ TOUS DROITS RESERVÉ'

Missing

complete

Finish

grey

Decoration

N/A