ASHMOLEAN MUSEUM - OXFORD

ASHMOLEAN MUSEUM - OXFORD 

Some artefacts from the small medieval collection.

Arrow heads, iron. 1200 -1400 CE

13. Buckles. copper alloy. 1275-1425 CE

14. Buckle plate, copper alloy. 1250-1400 CE

15. Brooch, copper alloy. 1250-1400 CE

16. Buckle, copper alloy. 1250-1400 CE

17. Brooch, copper alloy. 1250-1350 CE

Brooch, copper alloy and card replicas of both sides. 1300-1400 CE

Chaddesley Corbett, Worcestershire. On the obverse are heraldic images including lions passant and fliers-de-lis. These represent a number of families, including the Dispensers and Plantagenets, and the royal arms of England and France. On the pin and the frame's reverse is a religious Latin inscription of the Hail Mary prayer and the names of Magi - Jaspar, Melchior and Baslthazar.

31. Cross pendant, copper alloy. 1350-1450 CE, England.

32-37. Brooches, copper alloy and glass, copper alloy, silver, silver gilt. 1250-1400 CE, London, Scarborough.

Sword, iron. 1350-1450 CE. Baydon, Wiltshire.

60-61. Daggers, iron. 1500-1700 CE, Oddington Grange and Bicester, Oxfordshire.

Horseman's gauntlet, leather. 1500-1600 CE, unprovenanced.

Floor tiles, ceramic. 1300-1400 CE, Godstow, Oxfordshire. Reconstruction.

Tile, clay. 1250-1500 CE, Eynsham Addey, Oxfordshire.

10. Rounded drinking cup, Rhenish stoneware. 1480-1610 CE. Three Cups Inn site, Queen Street, Oxford.

11. Jug, Brill/Boarstall ware, 1350-1450 CE. Three Cups Inn site, Queen Street, Oxford.

Funeral pall, cloth -of-gold, velvet and metal thread 1504 or 1505 CE, England and Italy. This funeral pall, or hearse cloth, was used at memorial services for King Henry VII held at the University Church of St Mary the Virgin, Oxford. The Tudor rose represents the unification of the Houses of Lancaster and York, while the portcullis symbolises the Beaufont family, through which Henry claimed his right to the throne.

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