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The armorial bearings of John first Duke of Bedford
Calligrapher: Wood, Anthony
Raised leaf gold on gesso base, shell gold, gouache on calfskin manuscript vellum
Given by Anthony Wood
Height: 215 mm
Width: 150 mm
Relative size of this object is displayed using code inspired by Good Form and Spectacle's work on the British Museum's Waddeson Bequest website and their dimension drawer. They chose a tennis ball to represent a universally sized object, from which you could envisage the size of an object.
Method of acquisition: Given by Wood, Anthony
Production date: AD 2000
Support
composed of
vellum (skin)
Decoration
Accession number: CAL 51-2007
Primary reference Number: 167357
Old object number: Calligraphy/Wood/2
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Manuscripts and Printed Books
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2023) "The armorial bearings of John first Duke of Bedford" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/167357 Accessed: 2023-02-09 09:48:51
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Accession Number: P.160-1937
Accession Number: P.2233-R
Accession Number: CM.38-1965
Accession Number: P.11282-R
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