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Creator:
Rubbed by Townsend Rich, 1909–1998
Title:
Thomas Rolf, Serjeant-at-Law, The Parish Church of St. Catherine, Gosfield
Part Of:

Collective Title: Monumental Brass Rubbings

Date:
1968
Materials & Techniques:
Crayon rubbing on thin, smooth, white wove paper
Dimensions:
Image: 45 × 28 inches (114.3 × 71.1 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:

Inscribed in black ink, lower left; "Thomas Rolf, Serjeant-at-law, 1440 | Gosfield, Essex"; lower right: "Townsend Rich | August 18, 1968"

Lettered lower center: "Quadringentino: semel M. quat x numato: Juni Viceno: septeno consociato: | legi pfessus: hic Thomas Rolf requiescat: Morbis depressus: huic xpc vera quies sit | Es ddit ipe satis: miserisque viis maculatis: Carce pstratis: et virginibs bona gratis | Int iuristas: quasi flos enituit iste: Mortis post istas: celis vivat tibi xpc | Celi gemma bona: sucurre reo Katina: Metis patrona: sis nunc Thome medicina"

Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Townsend Rich
Copyright Status:
Copyright Undetermined
Accession Number:
B1982.21.140
Classification:
Brass Rubbings
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
architectural subject | portrait
Associated Places:
Essex
Access:
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Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:84054
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