Souvenir card
Category
Ephemera
Date
Unknown
Materials
card
Measurements
149 mm (Width) x 105 mm (Depth)
Collection
Lacock, Wiltshire
NT 1546831
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 in the form of a list. At the foot of the page a figure with sword and shield is fighting with a white rabbit holding a shield and jousting pole. The right page shows more Latin script in list form, with a monkey roasting meat over an open fire, while in the right margin a figure is grinding something using pestle and mortar. Identified at the bottom 'B. 364', 'Kitchen, with monkey turnspit' 'Stowe MS. 17, ff. 175b-176. 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'