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Finding Number (Click this to view full catalogue structure)MBS/1/OXF/34/1
TitleRalph Hamsterley, rector, fellow of Merton College, in shroud, circa 1510
Extent1 item
Date1970
DescriptionRubbing of brass skeletal effigy in shroud being eaten by worms; foot inscription in Latin and scroll inscribed in Latin. Rubbing made by William Gibson, 24 Aug 1970.
Access StatusOpen
Physical DescriptionPaper, folded; bottom edge folded back and secured with pressure sensitive tape; typed label fixed to lower corner
Dimensions: 118 x 76 cms
Custodial HistoryFormerly in the collection of J. Roger Greenwood; MBS 5471
Publication NoteThis brass is cited and described in Mill Stephenson, 'A List of Monumental Brasses in the British Isles' (1964): Oddington I
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