15929994380001312637261000Standard Recordobject-30035170292701828417029083750001702926904393fitz-onlineadlib-object-30035https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/30035cfa08f28-e616-3a8a-a449-a3de043268fc6personreferenceagent-149975adlib-agent-149975e6f5b711-54e0-351d-a83c-758cad4cba19angelpersonreferenceagent-156601adlib-agent-1566016c2fdccd-e64b-3de4-ae17-514b928cb321Methuselahpersonreferenceagent-149799adlib-agent-1497995d0c9de7-e78b-3027-9f17-986966711aebboyreferenceterm-98228adlib-term-982283d747999-296f-3944-9a84-2936c3ae9f5csculpturereferenceterm-32657adlib-term-3265748738423-5a06-33af-bb0f-e0e48e864331paintDecorationreferenceterm-106226adlib-term-106226194567f2-2bcd-3446-ae31-652386611815paintingreferenceterm-23385adlib-term-233854c17df77-7d4e-32bf-8ec9-921b71d218a2religionApplied ArtsOak, carved and painted wood. Carved with a figure of a man sitting in the top of a tree, he grips a bough with his left hand, his right resting on the same branch, he is being spoken to by an angel in the right hand corner. Beside the trunk stands a young man, who holds in his left hand an axe, clasping a chopped off branch with his right. His right foot rests on a shortened branch, his left on the ground. At the base of the tree is an axe with a broken shaft and in the bottom left hand corner a small house. There is a lettered panel top and bottom and scrolls on the two sides: top panel, MAT(HU)SALE(H) BILD A/HVS; left and right scrolls, IVO BILD A HOV(SE) VORS(ELF) and BR(IN)G VI MIAS BOI SA??; and bottom panel, FATHER HOLD Y AX990referenceexhibition-96adlib-exhibition-964c752eac-b121-3fe2-a892-894e80871e66English Medieval ArtM.4-19531accession numberM.4-195330035priref30035external IDCAM_CCF_M_4_1953urihttps://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/30035https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/30035the lettering at the top seems to be spoken by the angel 'Methuselah build a house'top of panelMAT(HU)SALE(H) BILD A/HVSright and left scrolls spoken by Methuselah to the boy (possibly his grandson Noah), seem to be 'I will build a house for us - Bring up my axe boy'right and left scrollsIVO BILD A HOV(SE) VORS(ELF) and BR(IN)G VI MIAS BOI SA??words spoken by the boy to his father, 'Father hold or behold the axe'bottom of panelFATHER HOLD Y AXreferenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumGiven by Walter Leakereferenceagent-156602adlib-agent-15660276985d14-3d6b-32b6-ad6b-1417c8c9b95fLeake, Walter195319531953givenEntry date: 1953-05-28150015001500circa15001550first half of the 16th century1155015501550makerreferenceagent-149652adlib-agent-1496520d4f90dc-b166-3d4b-b0db-25f4118b6e98Unknownreferenceterm-106602adlib-term-106602bbb4c00f-eefa-3d64-9441-7a75aa07736e16th Centuryreferenceterm-121393adlib-term-121393f714cb0f-eb87-3c1d-8072-03609bbcc0adHenry VIIreferenceterm-120905adlib-term-1209052f12d808-33c5-3b9d-a1df-8d841d5bb32dHenry VIIIreferenceterm-38432adlib-term-38432574d1fc9-f958-3d45-9e32-c114b0cf87b4oakHeightin18 1/8Widthin9 3/4referenceterm-33639adlib-term-336395a32eb6e-89fa-3c85-9ebd-1ab3db4e0e6fpanel (wood)history noteBequeathed by an elderly King's Lynn lady to Fred Partridge (solicitor, died 1929). Given to W. Leake (Boynton House, Hunstanton, Norfolk) by the daughters of F. Partridge.referenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam Museumreference numberliteralnameSculpture UKSculpture UKobject namereferenceterm-110120adlib-term-11012017e1af41-5128-3c5b-95cb-17e68fbdfa51axe (tool)plantreferenceterm-58471adlib-term-58471ce00216e-da4e-37b3-974c-c2b6377d6c19treeplace typereferenceterm-61134adlib-term-61134fe8a38ad-bea1-327f-b7d9-04d67a1e5f07houseliteralaxe (tool)axe (tool)literaltreetreeliteralhousehousereferenceterm-33639adlib-term-336395a32eb6e-89fa-3c85-9ebd-1ab3db4e0e6fpanel (wood)panel (wood)oak panel, carved and paintedreferenceterm-98865adlib-term-98865aeb90103-2708-3cdf-abc1-219c45a070e9carvingPanel carved with a figure of a man sitting in the top of a treeobject
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