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The age-old craft of Brass Rubbing. IN medieval
England it was the custom for those who died to have brass plaques
engraved in their memory. These plaques were often tomb markers
and portraits and were laid on the floor or walls of their local parish church.
Several thousand of these 'brasses' adorned churches throughout England,
but religious purges in the 1500's and 1600's destroyed many. The
London Brass Rubbing Centre exhibits facsimiles of these plaques and we
use them as a basis for creating these lovely historical rubbings.
The Celtic Collection - A special collection of Brass
Rubbings taken from Celtic designs dating back to the 7th Century.
Presented here as historical wall hangings that have been individually
handcrafted with a metallic wax compound on special rag paper.
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Canterbury Cross Rubbing $29.95US The
original, probably made in the 9th Century AD, was found in St.
Georges Street, Canterbury. It is a bronze cruciform brooch
with triangular panels of silver, incised with a 'Triquetra'
pattern. In Gold Metallic & Red on Black paper.
Image size 6" X 6" and paper size 10" X
10".
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 Celtic
Circle Rubbing $39.95US
A design from a page of St. Matthew in the Book of Kells, probably the
most splendid early Medieval illuminated manuscript sill
surviving. This design consists of five interlacing birds and ten
reptiles or serpents with topknots and tails. In Metallic Gold on
Black paper. Image size 8 1/2" X 8 1/2" and paper size
15" X 15".
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Scroll Rubbing $49.95US
This brass is based upon a design from the Book of
Durrow, written in the last 7th Century. The Book of Durrow was
composed at the monastery of Durrow in Ireland, which has been founded
in the 6th century by St. Columba. The decoration of the book
consists largely of pages of interlace patterns. Each of the four
Gospels begins with a decorative initial, preceded by an illuminated
"carpet" page, such as the one on which this design has been
based. In Metallic Gold & Forest Green on
Black paper. Image size 13" X 8" and paper size 20" X
15".
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Scroll Multi Rubbing $49.95US
This brass is based upon a design from
the Book of Durrow, written in the last 7th Century. The Book of
Durrow was composed at the monastery of Durrow in Ireland, which has
been founded in the 6th century by St. Columba. The decoration of
the book consists largely of pages of interlace patterns. Each of the
four Gospels begins with a decorative initial, preceded by an
illuminated "carpet" page, such as the one on which this
design has been based. In Multi Colors on
Black paper. Image size 13" X 8" and paper size 20" X
15".
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Celtic Cross Rubbing $39.95US
The ring on the cross, which is the defining part of a Celtic cross,
is thought to be a combination of Druid sun/moon worship and
Christianity. The cross section is shaped in the earliest cross
form of an X turned on it's side. The half-circle in the arms of
the cross are Stafford knots, symbolizing the Trinity. In Metallic Gold
& Silver on
Black paper. Image size 7 1/2" X 7 1/2" and paper size
15" X 15".
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George and the Dragon Rubbing $49.95US
A woodcut from the 1590 edition of Spenser's "The Faerie
Queene", dedicated to Queen Elizabeth I. St. George is
depicted as a medieval armored knight on horseback and symbolized
the triumph of the Christian church over evil and paganism.
The border is a Celtic Knotwork design. In Metallic Gold
& Silver on
Black paper. Image size 12" X 8 1/2" and paper size 18" X
15".
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