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Description: | Medieval/Post-Medieval fragment of palimpsest monumental brass with one original edge and the lower parts of letters on both faces missing. 42 x 22mm.On one face iiis (i.e. four minims) and an oblique upper backstroke, perhaps of a d. On the other short upstroke or minim aia with contraction mark above, and a long upstroke. The word is anima meaning 'the soul', the short upstroke probably being part of a 'p' for pro meaning 'for'. If so then this would have been from near the start of an inscription beginning Orate pro anima..... 'Pray for the soul of.....'Both faces are in very fresh condition. The letter cutting has resulted in the perforation of the plate in one place, and in others where letters back onto each other it is perilously thin,
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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