Lectern, c15th century? mb-code AAKV001042 King of Prussia and Crown

King of Prussia and Crown Prince of Sweden in the Great Square of Leipzig

View of Hanworth Park

Burch was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1900

portrait of George Wilson

Lectern, c15th century? mb-code AAKV001042 King of Prussia and CrownLectern, c15th century?, (1843). This item was dragged out of the lake at Newstead c 1750. It is believed to have been thrown into the lake at the time when the dissolution of the monasteries was first threatened. It was made of brass and composed of several pieces; the boss was found to contain parchments. It would have been used to read the litany in the chapel of Newstead Abbey. Illustration from Dresses and Decorations of the Middle Ages from the