Work of Art Record 43409

Record No

43409

Collection

Opus Anglicanum: The Evelyn Thomas Database of Medieval English Embroidery

Inventory Number

Christie No.: 147

Location

United Kingdom, England, Greater London, London, Victoria and Albert Museum

Date

1290 - 1340

Subject Headings

Heraldry, English: Vesci

Notes

Only right half of frontlet pictured (with DOMINE). Full inscription reads: IN HORA MORTIS SVCCVRRE NOBIS DOMINE.

Baron William de Vesci died without issue in 1315.

Photo: ©Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Citations

London, Victoria and Albert Museum, Opus Anglicanum (1963), p. 28 (no. 43)

London, Royal Academy of Arts, Age of Chivalry (1987), p. 392 (no. 442); left half illus.

Johnstone, P., High Fashion in the Church (2002), pp. 37-38; fig. 31

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