Medieval Renaissance Gallery: Gilt and Painted Wooden Parade Shield (SEB)
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- Synopsis
- This shield was for a decorative purpose and used for parades and carnivals. This example is a very rare survivor of something that would normally have been discarded once they were no longer needed. On the curved front of the shield, the decoration consists of the arms of the Villani family of Florence and shows a griffin that has the body and hind legs of a lion, the head and front legs with claws of an eagle and wings on its back. The griffin is shown standing sideways, facing to the left, on its hind ’lion’ legs with its front legs with’eagle’ claws held out in front. Its mouth is open and a red curled tongue is protruding from it. The long, s-shaped tail is curled up behind the body on the right. The tactile image concentrates on the griffin and red lines and omits the scroll pattern background. Because the red lines go right across the griffin, they break up the shape of the griffin and separate the head, top of the wing, right front leg and tip of the left front claw from the rest of the griffin. The edge of the shield is shown as a thick solid line. The dog tooth pattern is shown as a zigzag solid line in-filled with a rough texture. The griffin is shown as a solid texture with hollows that show some of the detail including the position of the eye, the feather pattern on the wing and head, and ridges on the claws. The red lines and tongue of the griffin are shown as a very rough texture. The tongue is labelled’T’."
- Copyright:
- 2013
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Publisher:
- RNIB
- Date of Addition:
- 05/11/17
- Copyrighted By:
- British Museum
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Art and Architecture
- Submitted By:
- Caroline Walker
- Proofread By:
- N/A
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.