1592961180000 1312633661000 Standard Record object-150671 1747246141436 1714398869000 1747245848755 adlib fitz-online adlib-object-150671 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/150671 601028f6-ad65-3d50-8c11-9ab9445858e4 6 reference term-110356 adlib-term-110356 8d05cb33-74bb-3662-85eb-e320b21f776d boxes reference term-106692 adlib-term-106692 ed7baa11-5901-3307-81b6-77370e40ebb4 wood Box reference term-118780 adlib-term-118780 c5f3b968-f763-357a-b740-9f216e114859 parchment Lining reference term-40902 adlib-term-40902 ec39a220-e629-3548-92f0-14937d5d3167 leather Surface There is much conjecture on how 'boiled leather' or 'cuir bouilli' was made and whether the leather was boiled in water. The most popular theory is the one suggested in 'La Grande Encyclopedie (Paris 1887-1905) in which: 'pieces of leather must be boiled in wax mixed with resin and glue. Once boiled in this manner, the leather preserves, whilst it is moist, sufficient pliability to enable it to be moulded, and when it is dry it possess a hardness and rigidity nearly equal to that of wood to which it is preferable by reason of its lightness.' The stamped and engraved decoration would have been added before the leather was dried. reference term-32162 adlib-term-32162 d45d7981-bab5-3ac4-bb91-e07eee993cae cuir bouilli Applied Arts cylindrical boiled leather pyx with domed lid; decorated with stamped, engraved and painted panels and borders Boiled, stamped, engraved and painted leather (cuir bouilli) covering carved wood, lined with parchment. Cylindrical with straight sides, everted at the base and rim. The domed pull-off lid has a wrythen knop. Each side has two suspension loops, through which a cord would have been threaded. Decorated with panels of scrolling foliage on a matted ground within reeded borders. The pyx would once have painted all over, but only small areas of red and gold remain. The cream parchment lining covers red paint, and is a later addition. M.40 & A-1929 1 accession number M.40 & A-1929 150671 priref 150671 uri https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/150671 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/150671 on the base oval with scalloped border, written in black ink and glued 9667 / 5950 / 709 paper label loose in the base rectangular card, written in black ink Case for holding a pyx paper label tied to the suspension loop on the lid rectangular green tag, written in black ink 40/29 / 8 paper tie on label reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum Given by W.E Miller reference agent-154687 adlib-agent-154687 f4e108d1-4596-3c9e-8bb5-60c526a44fb8 Miller, W. E. 1929 1929 1929-10-31 given Entry date: 1929-10-31 1400 1400 1400 1400 1500 1 1500 1500 1500 maker reference agent-149652 adlib-agent-149652 0d4f90dc-b166-3d4b-b0db-25f4118b6e98 Unknown reference term-107270 adlib-term-107270 98ebf37f-42ba-3d8c-b75f-102d703acef1 15th Century reference term-108963 adlib-term-108963 1fe700c4-66f7-3c5f-bfb8-74069ac8fdec literal Europe Europe country Europe Diameter cm 6.2 Height cm 10.2 reference term-89905 adlib-term-89905 f99669ee-274f-39d9-ab60-4e3b0892aa8d pyx object name reference term-42228 adlib-term-42228 844766ae-90e4-34c7-a642-764d0c46be30 church plate category reference term-32162 adlib-term-32162 d45d7981-bab5-3ac4-bb91-e07eee993cae cuir bouilli category reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum reference publication-6550 adlib-publication-6550 0d22f57e-045d-36ff-aefb-1cd095665217 Leather in Life, Art and Industry reference publication-6551 adlib-publication-6551 43440b72-2e95-32ba-b24c-3164a3c56d31 Conservation of Leather and Related Materials reference publication-6546 adlib-publication-6546 bd96c428-2c3c-345a-b96b-6c5116faedf4 Museum of Leathercraft reference term-8220 adlib-term-8220 bf75299d-9707-30be-afc1-975044e77da5 European

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