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brass rubbings

 Subject
Subject Source: Genre Terms: A Thesaurus for Use in Rare Book and Special Collections Cataloguing
Scope Note: Rubbings made from monumental, memorial brass plaques found in churches; created by using ink, colored wax, or another material to transfer an image on paper. Creating and collecting brass rubbings was a popular hobby in Britain from 17th-19th centuries, although the term may refer to any rubbing made from a brass plaque in any time period or culture

Found in 222 Collections and/or Records:

Acton Knight, 1965

 Item — Frame Framed: [Barcode: 35138007862664], Frame: 01, Object: 05
Identifier: MSS09:07.01.05
Scope and Contents

Acton Knight, 1528. Brown and white. Located at Acton, Suffolk. 41.5”W x 15.5”L

Dates: 1965

Adolph de Bour, 1975

 Item — Box 02: [Barcode: 35138008115740], Folder: 01, Object: 07
Identifier: MSS010:02.01.07
Scope and Contents

Adolph de Bour, 1540. Lord of Bevere, Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece, Admiral of the Sea. Died December 7, 1540. Gold on black paper. Located at Borsselle (Brussels), Belgium. 27.5”W x 44”L

Dates: 1975

Adolph de Bour, 1975

 Item — Box 02: [Barcode: 35138008115740], Folder: 01, Object: 08
Identifier: MSS010:02.01.08
Scope and Contents

Adolph de Bour, 1540. Lord of Bevere, Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece, Admiral of the Sea. Died December 7, 1540. Gold on black paper. Located at Borsselle (Brussels), Belgium. 26.5”W x 44”L

Dates: 1975

Adriaen Bave Lodewyse van Halewyn, 1975

 Item — Box 02: [Barcode: 35138008115740], Folder: 01, Object: 03
Identifier: MSS010:02.01.03
Scope and Contents

Adriaen Bave Lodewyse van Halewyn, 1538. Two coats of arms – Bave and Bave impaling Halewyn – beneath a helm. Gold on black paper. Located at Cathedral of St. Sauveur, Bruges, West Flanders, Belgium. 30”W x 40”L

Dates: 1975

Adrien Roeland,, 1975

 Item — Box 02: [Barcode: 35138008115740], Folder: 01, Object: 09
Identifier: MSS010:02.01.09
Scope and Contents

Adrien Roeland, 1550. Angelic figure with goblet and coat of arms. Gold on black paper. Located at Groote Kerk, Breda, Netherlands. 30”W x 28”L

Dates: 1975

All Hallow by the Tower. Brass Rubbing – a memorandum for applicants, 1973

 Item — Box 05: [Barcode: 35138008115773], Folder: 01, Object: 10
Identifier: MSS010:05.01.10

All Saints Church Cople Bedforshire

 Item — Box 05: [Barcode: 35138008115773], Folder: 01, Object: 04
Identifier: MSS010:05.01.04

Andrew Evyngar, 1975

 Item — Box 02: [Barcode: 35138008115740], Folder: 01, Object: 01
Identifier: MSS010:02.01.01
Scope and Contents

Andrew Evyngar, 1530. Belived to have been engraved by the same artist as the Pownder brass. Gold on black paper. Located at All Hallows-by-the-Tower, London, England. 30”W x 35.5”L

Dates: 1975

Archbishop Robert de Waldeby, 1965

 Item — Box 02: [Barcode: 35138008115682], Folder: 01, Object: 13
Identifier: MSS09:02.01.13
Scope and Contents

Archbishop Robert de Waldeby, 1397. Archbishop of York. Tutor of Edward the Black Prince. Large canopy with heraldry. 31”W x 83”L

Dates: 1965

Bag of tools

 File — Box 05: [Barcode: 35138008115773], Folder: 02
Identifier: MSS010:05.02
Dates: Majority of material found within 1960-1975