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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:

Reverend Prelate Tyndrall, 1965

 Item — Box 04: [Barcode: 35138008115708], Folder: 01, Object: 11
Identifier: MSS09:04.01.11
Scope and Contents

Reverend Prelate Tyndrall, 1500. Located at Ely Catherdral, Queen’s College, Cambridgeshire. 40.5”W x 91”L

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

Richard and Margaret Torrington, 1965

 Item — Box 01: [Barcode: 35138008115674], Folder: 01, Object: 11
Identifier: MSS09:01.01.11
Scope and Contents

Richard and Margaret Torrington, 1327. Bearded civilian with lion at feet. Wife has dog at feet. Damaged brass. Located at Berkamstead, Buckinghamshire. 40”W x 60”L

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

Richard Fowler, 1965

 Item — Box 04: [Barcode: 35138008115708], Folder: 01, Object: 02
Identifier: MSS09:04.01.02
Scope and Contents

Richard Fowler, 1478. Located at Thame Parish Church, Oxfordshire. 12”W x 31”L

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

Richard Manning, 1975

 Item — Box 02: [Barcode: 35138008115740], Folder: 01, Object: 20
Identifier: MSS10:02.01.20
Scope and Contents

Richard Manning, 1604. Gold on black paper. Located at St. Mary Cray, London, England. 30”W x 32.5”L.

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

Richard Quatremayns, 1965

 Item — Frame Framed: [Barcode: 35138007862664], Frame: 01, Object: 02
Identifier: MSS09:07.01.02
Scope and Contents

Richard Quatremayns, 1478. Ornate plate armor, Italian influence. Shows how unwieldly armor is becoming. Sword now hung from waist, pointed sabbatons (broad-toed shoes). Located at Thame, Oxfordshire. 42”W x 21”L

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

Robert Fairfax, 1965

 Item — Box 04: [Barcode: 35138008115708], Folder: 01, Object: 16
Identifier: MSS09:04.01.16
Scope and Contents

Robert Fairfax, wife, two sons, and two daughters, 1521. Brass restored October 24, 1921. Black and white. Located at St. Albans Abbey, St. Albans, Hertfordshire. 40”W x 41”L

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

Sir Anthony Grey, 1965

 Item — Frame Framed: [Barcode: 35138007862664], Frame: 01, Object: 03
Identifier: MSS09:07.01.03
Scope and Contents

Sir Anthony Grey, 1480. Son and heir of Edmund, First Earl of Kent. Plate armor. Located at St. Albans, Hertfordshire. 45.5”W x 19.5”L

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

Sir Edmund Flambard, 1965

 Item — Box 02: [Barcode: 35138008115682], Folder: 01, Object: 04
Identifier: MSS09:02.01.04
Scope and Contents

Sir Edmund Flambard, 1370. The famous boys’ school of Harrow is located in Harrow-on-the-Hill. Sir Winston Churchill and Lord Byron studied here. See John Lyon, founder, 1592. Located at St. Mary’s Church, Harrow-on-the=Hill, Middlesex. 14”W x 29”L

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

Sir Edward and Eline Cerne, 1975

 Item — Box 01: [Barcode: 35138008115732], Folder: 01, Object: 03
Identifier: MSS010:01.01.03
Scope and Contents

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

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

Sir George Felbrigg, 1965

 Item — Box 02: [Barcode: 35138008115682], Folder: 01, Object: 14
Identifier: MSS09:02.01.14
Scope and Contents

Sir George Felbrigg, 1400. Heraldic plate armor. Black and white. Located at Playford, Suffolk. 27.5”W x 64”L

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

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