Box 01

A collection of 74 monumental brass rubbings representing England, Belgium, and the Netherlands. Rubbings span a range of dates from the beginning of the 15th century to the middle of the 18th. Rubbings are useful to scholars of Medieval Studies, Comparative History, and Shakespeare and his times.

Rubbings of Monumental Brasses dated 1401-1525

Reginald Braybrook, 1401. Knight in armor flanked by smaller figures of his two sons. Gold and black. Located at Cobham, Kent, England. 30”W x 57.5”L

William Roland, 1410. Figure in full armor. Gold on black paper. Located at Cople, Bedfordshire, England. 12”W x 38”L

Sir Edward and Eline Cerne, 1419. Armed man and wife holding hands. Gold on black paper. Located at Draycot Cerne, Wiltshire, England. 22.5”W x 37”L

Lady Eleanor Cobham (Culpepper), 1420. Gold on black paper. Located at Parish Church of St. Peter and St. Paul, Lingfield Surrey, England. 30”W x 53”L

John and Margaret Launcelyn, 1435. This is a model of the reverse side of John and Maragaret Launcelyn. It can be seen that the two brasses have been made out of a much larger figure of a knight of about 1310. The sword hilt and belt can be plainly seen. The inscription is also reused, and formed part of a brass to a certain John Veal who died in 1375. Gold on black paper. Located at All Saints Church, Cople, Bedfordshire, England. 20”W x 30”L

Marguerite de Scornay, 1449. Abbess. Inscription not in rubbing: “Jesus, son of God, have mercy on me, sinner.” Gold on black paper. Located at Nivelles, Belgium. 38”W x 22”L

Marguerite de Scornay, 1449. Abbess. Inscription not in rubbing: “Jesus, son of God, have mercy on me, sinner.” Black on white paper. Located at Nivelles, Belgium. 32”W x 19.5”L

Marguerite de Scornay, 1449. Abbess. Inscription not in rubbing: “Jesus, son of God, have mercy on me, sinner.” Black on blue paper. Located at Nivelles, Belgium. 37”W x 29.5”L