Souvenir card
Category
Ephemera
Date
Unknown
Materials
card
Measurements
149 mm (Width) x 105 mm (Depth)
Collection
Lacock, Wiltshire
NT 1546826
Summary
One of a series of colour photographic cards showing left and right pages from a small mediaeval book in the collection of The British Museum. The left page shows a section of Latin script with extravagantly decorated left and bottom margins. The right page shows more Latin script with a nun spinning wool, while a cat plays with the bobbin. Identified at the bottom 'B. 350', 'Nun with distaff and cat', 'Stowe MS. 17, ff. 33b-34. Flemish, circ. A.D. 1300. (Actual Size)', 'Published by the Trustees of the British Museum'. On the reverse is 'Printed in England by Waterlow & Sons Limited, London'