Marjorie Kocher brass rubbings

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: MSS-009

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Marjorie Kocher created the rubbings of large brass funerary monuments in the 1960s. Preservation concerns resulted in a discontinuation of the rubbing practice. Rubbings of memorial monuments are a valued source of information about the evolution of military armor, religious vestments, and other dress and customs in the British Isles in this era. Kocher provided accompanying information that she authored, including her “Annotated Listing of Monumental Brasses of the British Isles” and “Monumental Brasses of the British Isles: An Introduction.”

Dates

1960s

Creator

Kocher, Marjorie B. (Donor, Person)

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Copyright and any related rights protect materials in this collection. Researchers are free to use these materials for any purpose that is permitted by the copyright and any rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses, researchers need to obtain permission from the rights holder(s). http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

For fair use/educational reproduction, please provide the following credit: From the Marjorie Kocker brass rubbings, courtesy of Southern Oregon University Hannon Library.

Biographical / Historical

Marjorie Kocher, of Bend, Oregon, is a former member of the Monumental Brass Society of London and has been a guest Gresham lecturer for the Oregon Shakespeare Festival.

Extent

20.5 Linear Feet (6 boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

This collection includes rubbings (wax engravings) of monuments which date from the 13th to 17th centuries. Scholars of Medieval Studies and Shakespeare and his times will find the rubbings useful. The collection contains eighty medieval monumental brass rubbings of the British Isles.

Arrangement

Materials in this collection were arranged by Marjorie B. Kocher

Box 1: Medieval monumental brass rubbings dated 1277 – 1327. Box 2: Medieval monumental brass rubbings dated 1361 - 1400. Box 3: Medieval monumental brass rubbings dated 1407 – 1470. Box 4: Medieval monumental brass rubbings dated the 1400s - 1521. Box 5: Medieval monumental brass rubbings dated 1524 – 1671. Box 6: Kocher Monumental Brass Rubbings photographs. Additionally, there are eleven framed Medieval monumental brass rubbings dated 1408 – 1594.