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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:

Marguerite de Scornay, 1975

 Item — Box 01: [Barcode: 35138008115732], Folder: 01, Object: 08
Identifier: MSS010:01.01.08
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: 1975
Found in: Southern Oregon University, Hannon Library / MSS-010, Marie Kuehl brass rubbings / Brass rubbings

Mari Mostym, 1965

 Item — Box 05: [Barcode: 35138008115716], Folder: 01, Object: 12
Identifier: MSS09:05.01.12
Scope and Contents

Mari Mostym, 1653. Lozenge shaped wall plaque. Located in Wales. 14”W x 14.5”L

Dates: 1965
Found in: Southern Oregon University, Hannon Library / MSS-009, Marjorie Kocher brass rubbings / Brass rubbings

Miscellaneous corrospondence, 1975

 File — Box 05: [Barcode: 35138008115773], Folder: 01
Identifier: MSS010:05.01
Dates: 1975
Found in: Southern Oregon University, Hannon Library / MSS-010, Marie Kuehl brass rubbings

Mrs. Kuehl correspondence, 1974

 Item — Box 05: [Barcode: 35138008115773], Folder: 01, Object: 16
Identifier: MSS010:05.01.16
Dates: 1974
Found in: Southern Oregon University, Hannon Library / MSS-010, Marie Kuehl brass rubbings / Miscellaneous corrospondence

Mrs. Kuehl correspondence, 1975

 Item — Box 05: [Barcode: 35138008115773], Folder: 01, Object: 17
Identifier: MSS010:05.01.17
Dates: 1975
Found in: Southern Oregon University, Hannon Library / MSS-010, Marie Kuehl brass rubbings / Miscellaneous corrospondence

Marjorie Kocher brass rubbings

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS-009
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.

Dates: 1960s
Found in: Southern Oregon University, Hannon Library / Marjorie Kocher brass rubbings

Marie Kuehl brass rubbings

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS-010
Abstract

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.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1960-1975
Found in: Southern Oregon University, Hannon Library / Marie Kuehl brass rubbings

Philadelphia Greenwood nee Mertins and Benjamin Greenwood, Esquire, 1975

 Item — Box 03: [Barcode: 35138008115757], Folder: 01, Object: 04
Identifier: MSS010:03.01.04
Scope and Contents

Philadelphia Greenwood nee Mertins and Benjamin Greenwood, Esquire, 1747 and 1773. President and Treasurer of Christ-Hospital. Merchant. Gold on black paper. Located at St. Mary Cray, London, England. 30”W x 23”L

Dates: 1975
Found in: Southern Oregon University, Hannon Library / MSS-010, Marie Kuehl brass rubbings / Brass rubbings

Photo binder, 1965

 File — Box 06: [Barcode: 35138008115724], Folder: 01
Identifier: MSS09:06.01
Scope and Contents

A binder of photos for the brass rubbings

Dates: 1965
Found in: Southern Oregon University, Hannon Library / MSS-009, Marjorie Kocher brass rubbings

Photo binder, 1965

 Item — Box 06: [Barcode: 35138008115724], Folder: 01, Object: 01
Identifier: MSS09:06.01.01
Scope and Contents

Binder of photos with annotated chronological listing of Monumental Brasses of the British Isles

Dates: 1965
Found in: Southern Oregon University, Hannon Library / MSS-009, Marjorie Kocher brass rubbings / Photo binder

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