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Manuscript

1601 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
England (made)

Manuscript consisting of a piece of hand-made paper folded in half and inscribed on the front in two or possibly three hands.


Object details

Category
Manuscripts
Object type
Manuscript
Materials and techniques
Hand-made paper and ink
Brief description
Manuscript of paper inscribed with ink, England, 1601
Physical description
Manuscript consisting of a piece of hand-made paper folded in half and inscribed on the front in two or possibly three hands.
Dimensions
  • Height: 10.25in
  • Height: 26cm
  • Width: 7in (folded)
  • Width: 17.8cm (folded)
Marks and inscriptions
'Mrstrrs fisher / A shorte branch / Xi slipes / Mrstrrs ffisher / shorte / Examoned this XVii of feb. 96 finding / the number according to the contents above / writtine [with three elongated 'division' symbols] / yn all lxxix branchis wrot wth the halfe stych yn the / tent, my husbands armes e' [not clear] myne with a creste e' [not clear] / the crounet e' [not clear] tuft of fethers / more thre pecys wth his armes e' [not clear] myne for the vallances, / examyned this twenthy of maye 1601 [underlined] / More' [not clear] yn this chest fore grete [inserted above] brenchis puufled wth / cross styche yn corse canvys , 1601 [underlined]' (Inscribed on the front in two or possibly three hands)
Object history
This manuscript is associated with embroidered coats of arms and slips T.46 to 53-1972.
Collection
Textiles and Fashion Collection
Accession number
T.54-1972

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O291174/manuscript-unknown/
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