brass-rub-msg - 9/7/17 Medieval brass rubbings. Modern sources. NOTE: See also the files: religion-msg, pilgrimages-msg, relics-msg, rosaries-msg, monks-msg, nuns-msg, icons-msg, Icons-art, p-bibles-msg. ************************************************************************ NOTICE - This file is a collection of various messages having a common theme that I have collected from my reading of the various computer networks. Some messages date back to 1989, some may be as recent as yesterday. This file is part of a collection of files called Stefan's Florilegium. These files are available on the Internet at: http://www.florilegium.org I have done a limited amount of editing. Messages having to do with separate topics were sometimes split into different files and sometimes extraneous information was removed. For instance, the message IDs were removed to save space and remove clutter. The comments made in these messages are not necessarily my viewpoints. I make no claims as to the accuracy of the information given by the individual authors. Please respect the time and efforts of those who have written these messages. The copyright status of these messages is unclear at this time. If information is published from these messages, please give credit to the originator(s). Thank you, Mark S. Harris AKA: THLord Stefan li Rous Stefan at florilegium.org ************************************************************************ From: "Roberts, Julie" CC: ansteorra at eden.com Subject: Monumental Brass Rubbing Date: Sun, 6 Apr 1997 16:20:09 -0700 To those interested in Medieval history: We have about 18 replica monumental brasses from British churches and are able to make rubbings of these priceless treasures at little cost to you. Monumental brasses are brass plates, engraved with likenesses of Medieval folk. These brass plates were set in stone slabs and placed in churches and cathedrals as memorials as early as the 13th century until the 17th century. A popular pastime called "Brass Rubbing" came into existence during the 17th century. "Brass rubbing", simply means laying a sheet of special paper on the "Monumental Brass" and rubbing the paper with treated wax, until the likeness is reproduced on the paper. At the moment we are offering a special price on a rubbing of Knight, Sir William Fitzralph, who died in Pebmarsh, Essex, England, in 1323. Sir William fought in many expeditions against the Scots and is shown wearing armour of a transitional type, between chainmail and full plate armour. The rubbing is in three colours, with the surcoat red, the armour silver and the rest of the knight in gold. The extra strength paper is specially manufactured for brass rubbing. The rubbing can be mounted and framed or used as a wall hanging and is a treasure for anyone who relishes history. Our price for the unframed rubbing is just $18.00 U.S. plus $4.00 postage and handling. The picture can be viewed at the following site. http://www.aw-images.com/pix/jroberts/Pic12.jpg The photo does not do the rubbing justice but gives you an idea. The face is very clear on the real thing. If you are interested in this please E-mail us at. jroberts at img.net Julie From: inkheads at ll.net (Dave and Lisa Schwarz) Newsgroups: rec.org.sca Subject: Re: Brass Rubbings Date: Wed, 09 Apr 1997 11:34:14 +0100 shire2308 at aol.com (Shire2308) wrote: > I'm trying to find someone who does brass rubbings of the different pieces > in England. > > I saw the work of this one woman here in NJ, but I've tried calling many a > time and have gotten no response (no machine). > > Can someone recommend someone or a resource? I don't know exactly what you're after, but perhaps this small bit of information may help. At the Minnesota Renaissance Festival (held annually near the Twin Cities on the last two weekends in Aug. and every weekend in Sept.) there is a man, whose name I don't know, who has very well-done reproductions of English brasses. Here's what I do know about him: His wife was apparently a professor of medieval history and purchased dozens and dozens of the brasses, cast directly from the originals across Europe. Some are bigger-than-life sized (because the original brasses were), some are tiny. All are mounted on what looks to be granite. Anyway, the lady professor died, and now this very kind man brings her brasses to this renfest only. He gives lessons on brass rubbing free of charge to the mundanes, and lets you do your own brass rubbing (on fine papers, in just about any color period or OOP) for a small fee. Any brass rubbing also includes a written history of the piece. We have one rubbing of St. George slaying the dragon from a 1347 memorial brass done for Sir Hugh Hastings in Elsing, Norfolk. We have another rubbing from a Flemish brass done for Bishop Serkin and Bishop Mul, date unknown, representing the life of St.Nicholas. This man has offered his brasses at the Minnesota Renaissance Festival for many years. I am sure the people who run the show could guide you to him for advice on how to obtain brasses, commission a brass rubbing, or get to England to do your own. The Minnesota Renaissance Festival can be reached on the web, but I don't have the address handy. Snail mail is: Mid-America Festivals, 1244 S. Conterbury Rd., Suite 306, Shakopee, MN, 55379. Telephone is 612-445-7361. Best of luck, Brecc of Fearghael From: eherring! at mindspring.com (Evan L. Herring) Newsgroups: rec.org.sca Subject: Re: Brass Rubbings Date: Thu, 10 Apr 1997 00:58:48 GMT inkheads at ll.net (Dave and Lisa Schwarz) wrote: >> I'm trying to find someone who does brass rubbings of the different pieces >> in England. >I don't know exactly what you're after, but perhaps this small bit of >information may help. At the Minnesota Renaissance Festival (held annually >near the Twin Cities on the last two weekends in Aug. and every weekend in >Sept.) there is a man, whose name I don't know, who has very well-done >reproductions of English brasses. There has been a gentleman offering a service very similar to this at the Georgia Renaissance Festival, which will begin in a couple of weeks. Try posting your original message to the newsgroup alt.fairs.renaissance --- perhaps someone there will be able to provide some names and addresses of brasses merchants. Magdalen of Cheshire Barony of the South Downs, Meridies Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2000 14:02:40 -0400 From: rmhowe Subject: [Fwd: re-print of Stothard's "Monumental Effigies of Great Britain"] This is a forward of Master James of Byngham's message. I imagine that the costumer's/jewellers/accessories makers would be interested. Master James lives in Windmasters' Hill, Atlantia and is a Laurel for Armoring and Casting in which he is very skilled. He was an apprentice of Master Eldrid Tremayne. Mundanely he writes programs for library cataloging. Pass the information on to the costumers lists if you desire. Please do not forward it to the Rialto though or any open newsgroup list. Closed email lists within the Reenactor community are fine. Master Magnus Not associated with this endeavor, but already ordered one. -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: re-print of Stothard's "Monumental Effigies of Great Britain" > James Burts wrote: > I'd like to announce that I'm in the process of electronically > re-printing Charles Stothard's "The Monumental Effigies of Great > Britain". > > This book was originally printed in 1817, and contains 144 engraved > plates of effigies and monumental brasses from Great Britain. Many of > the effigies have been damaged or destroyed over time and because of > wars, so this is one of the only records of these monuments. > > I'm going to be producing the book in PDF format, and selling CD's for > $30.00 including shipping within the US. I'm also looking into printing > it in hardback, but haven't made any final decisions on that yet. > > If you would like to know more about the book, I've produced a simple > web-page with some sample images from the book. This page is at > http://users.vnet.net/burts/stothard/announce.html > > Thank you. > --James-- > --------------------------------------------------------- > James Burts (919)484-8774 > James Byngham byngham at vnet.net > > Please look at http://users.vnet.net/burts/stothard/annouce.html > for information on my re-print of Charles Stothard's > "Monumental Effigies of Great Britain" From: Eric Brown Date: December 14, 2004 11:34:35 AM CST To: Barony of Bryn Gwlad Subject: RE: [Bryn-gwlad] children's activities at Candlemas It's not mosaics, but I've always thought this would be an excellent children's activity... http://www.whitewinds.co.uk/acatalog/ White_Winds__White_Winds_Mini_Brass_rubbing_Kits_43.html I think these are 9" tall, they are plastic kits that let you make brass rubbings off them. About $4 per plastic casting. They have resin casts that look realistic, the 14" ones are about $65. I THINK I remember Sentri and Juliana doing this long, long ago. Cal- Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2000 14:02:40 -0400 From: rmhowe Subject: [Fwd: re-print of Stothard's "Monumental Effigies of Great Britain"] This is a forward of Master James of Byngham's message. I imagine that the costumer's/jewellers/accessories makers would be interested. Master James lives in Windmasters' Hill, Atlantia and is a Laurel for Armoring and Casting in which he is very skilled. He was an apprentice of Master Eldrid Tremayne. Mundanely he writes programs for library cataloging. Pass the information on to the costumers lists if you desire. Please do not forward it to the Rialto though or any open newsgroup list. Closed email lists within the Reenactor community are fine. Master Magnus Not associated with this endeavor, but already ordered one. -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: re-print of Stothard's "Monumental Effigies of Great Britain" > I'd like to announce that I'm in the process of electronically > re-printing Charles Stothard's "The Monumental Effigies of Great > Britain". > > This book was originally printed in 1817, and contains 144 engraved > plates of effigies and monumental brasses from Great Britain. Many of > the effigies have been damaged or destroyed over time and because of > wars, so this is one of the only records of these monuments. > > I'm going to be producing the book in PDF format, and selling CD's for > $30.00 including shipping within the US. I'm also looking into printing > it in hardback, but haven't made any final decisions on that yet. > > If you would like to know more about the book, I've produced a simple > web-page with some sample images from the book. This page is at > http://users.vnet.net/burts/stothard/announce.html > > --James-- > --------------------------------------------------------- > James Burts (919)484-8774 > James Byngham byngham at vnet.net > > Please look at http://users.vnet.net/burts/stothard/annouce.html > for information on my re-print of Charles Stothard's > "Monumental Effigies of Great Britain" Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2000 09:42:43 -0500 From: "Erik Dutton" To: Subject: RE: Houses Also in the same series [from Shire Books] is _Discovering Brasses and Brass Rubbing_, by Malcolm Cook - not about houses, obviously, but still interesting and informative. From: Garth Groff Subject: "New" Book on Tomb Brasses Date: August 15, 2012 7:28:31 AM CDT To: atlantia at seahorse.atlantia.sca.org, isenfir at virginia.edu, Stefan li Rous "New" in the UVA library: A MANUAL OF MONUMENTAL BRASSES by Herbert Haines (ISBN 9780239000316; our call number NB1842 .H2 1970). This monumental book was originally printed in 1861, but reprinted by Adams & Dart in 1970. UVA has just added a gift copy to our collection. Herbert's work consists of two sections. The second, and larger, part is a telegraphic catalog of all the tomb brasses he could locate throughout England. This is great if you want to track down brasses, or are doing genealogy, but not particularly useful to Scadians. The "lesser" part is an introduction running 263 pages. This section discusses the brasses as historical and artistic pieces, and is exhaustive. Of special interest are the hundreds of line drawings made from the actual brasses, which show period arms, armor, and both men's and women's clothing. Given that the death dates of the people commemorated by the brasses are given, these illustrations are a very useful tool for period costumers. The detail is very good, and there are some blow-ups of particular features. This book is extremely useful for costumers, and those doing research into period armor. A paperback reprint is listed as available from Barnes & Noble's online store. An electronic version of the original from Harvard University is also available for browsing at: http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/005856607 . Lord Mungo Napier, Shire of Isenfir's Unofficial Librarian (aka Garth Groff, UVA Library Cataloging & Metadata Services Dept.) Here is a very nice website with pictures of many effigies and brasses. - Stefan http://effigiesandbrasses.com Edited by Mark S. Harris brass-rub-msg Page 6 of 7