Record

LevelItem
Finding Number (Click this to view full catalogue structure)MBS/1/OXF/24/2
TitleAlexander Belsyre [first president of St John's College, Oxford], in shroud, 1567
Extent1 item
Date1953
DescriptionRubbing of brass rectangular plate showing effigy recumbent in shroud; inscription by Thomas Nele, his nephew, in four Latin verses and four English verses. Rubbing made 22 May 1953.
Access StatusOpen
Physical DescriptionPaper, folded; extra strip of paper attached with pressure sensitive tape
Dimensions: 48 x 75 cms
Custodial HistoryFormerly in the collection of Malcolm Norris; MBS 5459
Publication NoteThis brass is cited and described in Mill Stephenson, 'A List of Monumental Brasses in the British Isles ' (1964): Handborough II

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