Tile
late 13th century or early 14th century (made)
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Tile, red earthenware, impressed with a pattern of a lozenge enclosing a cross with four birds, inlaid with white clay and glazed.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Earthenware, stamped, inlaid and glazed |
| Brief description | Tile, red earthenware, impressed with a pattern of a lozenge enclosing a cross with four birds, inlaid with white clay and glazed, from Keynsham Monastery, Somerset, England, late 13th or early 14th century |
| Physical description | Tile, red earthenware, impressed with a pattern of a lozenge enclosing a cross with four birds, inlaid with white clay and glazed. |
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| Object history | Originally from Keynsham Monastery, Somerset, England. Formerly in the collection of William Edkins. Bought from his widow, Mrs E. Edkins, in 1892. |
| Historical context | The tile bears a pattern of four birds within the arms of a cross. This is strikingly similar to the fictive arms assigned to Edward the Confessor (five martlets within and below a floriated cross) and may have meant to represent those arms. |
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| Accession number | 1013A-1892 |
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| Record created | July 1, 2010 |
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