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Description: | Medieval fragment of inscribed scroll from a monumental brass, both ends broken across a fixing hole. Slightly distorted transversely. Centres of holes 160mm apart. Width 35mm, thickness The inscription, transcribed by Elizabeth and Paul Rutledge, reads: ]virgo virginum ora pro[ (the second and fourth words contracted) translating as: ??Virgin of Virgins pray for [us]??. This text comes from the Litany of the Saints. This fragment is part of the missing scroll on the right-hand side of the brass of William de Grey (1495) above the figure of his second wife and two daughters in Merton church (see Greenwood and Norris (1976) The Brasses of Norfolk Churches, fig.24). All four scrolls had gone by the early 18th century (Blomefield Vol 2, 304). A visit on 21/5/04 showed that the fragment fits into the recess in the monument, very closely considering the distortion, and the fixing studs align well with the holes. Inscription: ]virgo virginum ora pro[ | Subjects: | monumental | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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