“This peice was found in ye Ruines in A house att … near YorkProcur’d
“This peice was found in ye Ruines in A house att … near YorkProcur’d & Beautiefiy’d by William Richardson of Northbierley 1689” The carved alabaster panel of The Ascension (you can see the feet of Christ just disappearing out of the top) was made c.1400-1425, reframed in a case dated 1689. Victoria and Albert Museum, London.More information: http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O77784/panel-unknown/ -- source link
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