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County: Yorkshire Click on Image to see original watercolour
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Town/Village: Jervaulx
Place Details: Abbey
Artist and Date:  
Iconography: Fleur de lys, quatrefoil, rosette, rose, cross, knot
Copied from (Collection): B Mus London A 83
Watercolour Ref. No.: Y013
Notebook: FMP  
Portfolio: Jas P,  
Notebook: IH 7
Other details: Given by Rev John Ward 1852. Tile of dark grey clay with floriated geometrical design. 4.4 inches square. Yellow and red glazed. Very black in places. A 81 - 109 are from Jervaulx Abbey. 13th century. The blotches of sealing wax red observable on some of the tiles from Jervaulx Abbey are accidental and probably due to the presence of iron in the clay.
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