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Brass Rubbings

topic posted Mon, December 13, 2004 - 8:55 AM by  DEUS
Anybody here ever do the Brass Rubbings Experiance in Westminster Abbey! you know You take a black piece of paper lay it on the Brass
and rubb it till you have a copy of you own!

Can any body tell me a little bit more about the Practice and when they stopped doing it Comissioning brasses for people!
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  • Rayanne
    Rayanne
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    Re: Brass Rubbings

    Mon, February 7, 2005 - 10:10 PM
    To my knowledge, people haven't stopped doing rubbings. I was told by someone just recently that they had done some rubbings in Boston not too long ago.
    Falcons' Court, a non-profit I work with is dedicated to educating about the world we live in and its history has a large collection of brass rubbing plates which we take to schools for use in our educational programs.
    I believe the majority of the brasses were done during the Middle Ages and Renaissance, but there are artists who will re-create such things.
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    • DEUS
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      Re: Brass Rubbings

      Tue, February 8, 2005 - 12:42 AM
      thank you! very much:)
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      • Dave
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        Re: Brass Rubbings

        Tue, February 8, 2005 - 11:20 AM
        Fanny:

        There is also an organization based out of Washington DC that has replicas of some of the more famous English Tomb Brasses,that "tours" the USA.

        They particularly visit Catholic/Anglican churches, etc, and the like. I got started on my Rubbing Collection about 15 years ago with their show at Grace Cathedral here in SF.

        If I can find the link,I'll forward it to you.

        dave ob
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