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c.15:50, Saturday 14th April 2012 ·
Stoke D'Abernon, Surrey, England ·
Pentax KX (b) (35mm SLR camera) ·
Kodak Portra 160NC (colour negative film - ISO 160) ·
Pentax-M f2.8 35mm lens · f11 · 4 secs ·
(lens not wide enough - but took it anyway)
Manfrotto 055MF3 tripod + 488RC2
(OK once rucksack used as a counterweight),
Cherry monopod + Manfrotto 323 plate adapter,
Manfrotto 035 super-clamp
(not sure what exactly I did, but it looks like
a rather awful arrangement)
"NT: use Sam to check for bright spots, shadows, etc."
"Take (correct) magnifier!"
"In the chancel floor is a large slab, some 8 ft. long, of blue-grey marble. The margin is inscribed in sunk Lombardic capitals: 'Sire Johan Daubernovn chivaler gist icy Dev de sa Alme eyt mercy.' Let into the slab is a life-size brass of a knight in armour, the earliest now known in England; it dates from 1277 [no?]. He is shown wearing a coif and camail of chain mail, the former strapped over the forehead. The hawberk reaches about two-thirds down the thigh, and the sleeves are corded at the wrists and terminate in mail mittens. The legs are encased in mail chausses fastened to kneecops of cuir bouilli which are ornamented with rosettes and an engrailed border. The mail is then continued as a thigh covering. There are no visible traces of a gambeson, though some such garment would certainly be worn. The surcoat is very ample and open in front from a little below the waist. The edge of this opening and the skirts, which reach to the bottom of the calf, are fringed. At the waist is a narrow plaited girdle. The sword is large, about 4 ft. long. The hilt has a large circular flat pommel, a corded grip, and short heavy quillons curving slightly downwards. The scabbard is tipped with metal and brought up into an obtuse V clasping the guard on either side. The sword-belt is broad and fairly plain, being merely ornamented with a stitched border and punched work at the buckle-holes. The frog is elaborately arranged to cant the sword at a slight angle, and the whole belt passes diagonally round the hips.
The shield is small and heater-shaped and bears: azure a cheveron or, the field being enamelled. The cheveron is drawn very narrow and is carried up to the top of the shield. The shield, resting on the left arm, is slung over the right shoulder by a broad belt ornamented with a rose and swastica and having a broad buckle. In the crook of the right arm is a lance some 6 ft. long, without grip or vamplate, and with a small fringed pennon bearing a cheveron.
Plain prick spurs are worn with a rather thin strap. The hands are joined in prayer, and the feet rest upon a lion which bites the butt of the lance."
www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/surrey/vol3/pp457-462
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uk "great britain" england surrey "stoke d'abernon" "st mary's" church chancel floor memorial brass medieval "14th century" life-size "sir john d'abernon" knight lance sword blue limoges enamel enamelled on copper shield chevron "azure a cheveron or" "chain mail" military spring 4/2012
[film2012-15] [film2012-15-05] [2012-15-05] · neg 4A
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c.15:50, Saturday 14th April 2012 ·
Stoke D'Abernon, Surrey, England ·
Pentax KX (b) (35mm SLR camera) ·
Kodak Portra 160NC (colour negative film - ISO 160) ·
Pentax-M f2.8 35mm lens · f11 · 4 secs ·
(lens not wide enough - but took it anyway)
Manfrotto 055MF3 tripod + 488RC2
(OK once rucksack used as a counterweight),
Cherry monopod + Manfrotto 323 plate adapter,
Manfrotto 035 super-clamp
(not sure what exactly I did, but it looks like
a rather awful arrangement)
"NT: use Sam to check for bright spots, shadows, etc."
"Take (correct) magnifier!"
"In the chancel floor is a large slab, some 8 ft. long, of blue-grey marble. The margin is inscribed in sunk Lombardic capitals: 'Sire Johan Daubernovn chivaler gist icy Dev de sa Alme eyt mercy.' Let into the slab is a life-size brass of a knight in armour, the earliest now known in England; it dates from 1277 [no?]. He is shown wearing a coif and camail of chain mail, the former strapped over the forehead. The hawberk reaches about two-thirds down the thigh, and the sleeves are corded at the wrists and terminate in mail mittens. The legs are encased in mail chausses fastened to kneecops of cuir bouilli which are ornamented with rosettes and an engrailed border. The mail is then continued as a thigh covering. There are no visible traces of a gambeson, though some such garment would certainly be worn. The surcoat is very ample and open in front from a little below the waist. The edge of this opening and the skirts, which reach to the bottom of the calf, are fringed. At the waist is a narrow plaited girdle. The sword is large, about 4 ft. long. The hilt has a large circular flat pommel, a corded grip, and short heavy quillons curving slightly downwards. The scabbard is tipped with metal and brought up into an obtuse V clasping the guard on either side. The sword-belt is broad and fairly plain, being merely ornamented with a stitched border and punched work at the buckle-holes. The frog is elaborately arranged to cant the sword at a slight angle, and the whole belt passes diagonally round the hips.
The shield is small and heater-shaped and bears: azure a cheveron or, the field being enamelled. The cheveron is drawn very narrow and is carried up to the top of the shield. The shield, resting on the left arm, is slung over the right shoulder by a broad belt ornamented with a rose and swastica and having a broad buckle. In the crook of the right arm is a lance some 6 ft. long, without grip or vamplate, and with a small fringed pennon bearing a cheveron.
Plain prick spurs are worn with a rather thin strap. The hands are joined in prayer, and the feet rest upon a lion which bites the butt of the lance."
www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/surrey/vol3/pp457-462
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uk "great britain" england surrey "stoke d'abernon" "st mary's" church chancel floor memorial brass medieval "14th century" life-size "sir john d'abernon" knight lance sword blue limoges enamel enamelled on copper shield chevron "azure a cheveron or" "chain mail" military spring 4/2012
[film2012-15] [film2012-15-05] [2012-15-05] · neg 4A
Uploaded 3 Jan 2016
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