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Medieval English floor tile

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An image of Floor Tile. Production Place: Wessex, England. Stamped, inlaid with white clay and lead-glazed, height, whole, 13.4 cm, width, whole, 13.3 cm, depth, whole, 2.3, cm, 13th/14th Century. Medieval.

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Floor Tile. Production Place: Wessex, England. Stamped, inlaid with white clay and lead-glazed, height, whole, 13.4 cm, width, whole, 13.3 cm, depth, whole, 2.3, cm, 13th/14th Century. Medieval.

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  • Accession Number: EC.8-1937
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/19.0
  • Focal length: 120
  • Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
  • Photographer name: Amy Jugg
  • Image height: 999 pixels
  • Image width: 1024 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 237.79kB
  • Exposure time: 1/60
  • ISO Speed: 100
  • Fnumber: 19/1
  • Captured: 2013:02:20 15:32:11

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13th Century 14th Century clay coat of arms crest devices English family crest Fitz_AA floor tile glazed heraldic heraldic crest heraldry inlaid inlay lead-glazed Medieval Middle Ages shield square stamp stamped tiles

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