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Creator:
Rubbed by Townsend Rich, 1909–1998
Title:

Sir Thomas Brounflet, The Parish Church of St. Lawrence, Wymington

Part Of:

Collective Title: Monumental Brass Rubbings

Date:
1968
Medium:
Crayon rubbing on thin, smooth, white wove paper
Dimensions:
Image: 97 × 33 inches (246.4 × 83.8 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:

Inscribed in black ink, center left: "Sir Thomas Brounflet, 1430 | Wymington, Bedfordshire"; lower right: "Townsend Rich | July 27, 1968"

Lettered lower center: "Laus Thome crescit Brounflet decus ome favescit | Qui post discessit, hac tomba morte quiescit | Regis R. ex donis pincerna fuit regionis | Hui. et ipe bonis factis condicionis | Dignus ad hoc utique. fit Tresorer hospicii que | H. Quarti sibi que quia verax vixit ubique | Hic Rex iussiusset ut Thesaurarius isset | Anglis. manisset ex sensu ni remiesset | O tibi sunt similes pauci dignissie miles | Namque gradus abiles scandunt sensu Iuveniles | Silvestri festo migrasti fine modesto | Anno Milleno quater + C.ter quoque deno | Miles discrete, melioris digne poete | Det xpe lete, te sedem sacdero mete."

Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Townsend Rich
Copyright Status:
Copyright Undetermined
Accession Number:
B1982.21.36
Classification:
Brass Rubbings
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
architectural subject | portrait
Associated Places:
Bedfordshire
Access:
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Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:83950
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