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Finding Number (Click this to view full catalogue structure)MBS/1/WIL/9/1
TitleGeorge Rede, rector, in academic dress, circa 1500
Extent1 item
Datend
DescriptionRubbing of brass rectangular plate showing the Annunciation and foot inscription in Latin; background of flowers and birds; figures of the BVM, Angel Gabriel and priest all kneeling, two prie-dieus both with open books and one containing one closed book; scrolls from the hands of two figures with inscriptions; fragment of foot inscription rubbed on same sheet.
Access StatusOpen
Physical DescriptionPaper, folded; in envelope
Dimensions: 35 x 51 cms (maximum)
Custodial HistoryFormerly in the collection of Malcolm Norris; MBS 4592
Publication NoteThis brass is cited and described in Mill Stephenson, 'A List of Monumental Brasses in the British Isles ' (1964): Fovant I
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