Rubbing2023.14 - Agnes Johnson
Title
Rubbing2023.14 - Agnes Johnson
Description
Widow, mother of Robert Leyff rector
Inscription: The Latin Scroll says: "[...] mea in deo est"
English Translation being: "my <hope?> is in God"
(Translated by Bard Swallow)
Notes on the Parchment: chimes Agnes Johnson widow, 1511, mother of Robert Leyff rector, part of inscribed scroll and inscription
Description of Rubbing: She is facing forward. Her hands praying. Her headdress is long and past her shoulders. She has a triangular collar, wrist cuffs and belt that hangs down the front almost fully to her feet. Her skirt is very straight with straight pleats and angular folds at the bottom.
Her facial features are very simple with a faint nose, straight line for a mouth and dots and circles for eyes. There is a small amount of shading.
The scroll is above her angles to the right and has the end of the ribbon noticeable.
Inscription: The Latin Scroll says: "[...] mea in deo est"
English Translation being: "my <hope?> is in God"
(Translated by Bard Swallow)
Notes on the Parchment: chimes Agnes Johnson widow, 1511, mother of Robert Leyff rector, part of inscribed scroll and inscription
Description of Rubbing: She is facing forward. Her hands praying. Her headdress is long and past her shoulders. She has a triangular collar, wrist cuffs and belt that hangs down the front almost fully to her feet. Her skirt is very straight with straight pleats and angular folds at the bottom.
Her facial features are very simple with a faint nose, straight line for a mouth and dots and circles for eyes. There is a small amount of shading.
The scroll is above her angles to the right and has the end of the ribbon noticeable.
Source
Stephenson, Mill. 1926. A List of Monumental Brasses in the British Isles. Internet Archive. Devonshire Street, London: Headley Brothers. https://archive.org/stream/b29828302/b29828302_djvu.txt.
University of Birmingham. 2018. "Agnes Johnson Archival Record." University of Birmingham Cadbury Research Library. October 5, 2018. https://calmview.bham.ac.uk/Record.aspx?src=CalmView.Catalog&id=XMBS%2F1%2FBKM%2F9%2F3.
University of Birmingham. 2018. "Agnes Johnson Archival Record." University of Birmingham Cadbury Research Library. October 5, 2018. https://calmview.bham.ac.uk/Record.aspx?src=CalmView.Catalog&id=XMBS%2F1%2FBKM%2F9%2F3.
Date
1511
Format
Parchment 27.5cm x 75.5cm
Character 15cm x 46cm
Inscription 4cm x 21cm
Coverage
On west wall of nave in St. Michael's Church, Chenies, Chiltern District
Files
Collection
Citation
“Rubbing2023.14 - Agnes Johnson,” Exhibits, accessed April 13, 2025, https://exhibits.library.utoronto.ca/items/show/29125.