554 - May

Zone d'identification

Cote

MCPP/FF/FPR/L/554

Titre

May

Date(s)

  • 1576-1641 (Création/Production)

Étendue matérielle et support

Engraving on paper

Zone du contexte

Nom du producteur

(1593-1637)

Notice biographique

Educated at Clare Hall/College; Fellow of Clare. From 1618 to 1624 he was director to the affairs of the Virginia Company. Ferrar was ordained as a deacon in 1626 and founded the small Anglican community of Little Gidding, Huntingdonshire, shortly ... »

Histoire archivistique

The loose Ferrar prints were conserved in 2014-2015. Please note that the digital images of the prints were captured before conservation work took place.

Zone des conditions d'accès et d'utilisation

Caractéristiques matérielle et contraintes techniques

39.5 cm x 18.5 cm

Zone des notes

Note

Engraver: Léonard Gaultier
Publisher: Jacques Honervogt

Note

Part of a set of twelve prints which form a calendar for the year.
There is one sheet per month, with each month divided into squares, each square representing a Christian saint.
May depicts St Phillip to St Hermias.

Note

A section of the square depicting St Erkenbodo (day 12) is cut out.
The Apparition of St Michael (day 8) is cut out.

Note

Digital image of the print available online (subscription service only): https://www.virginiacompanyarchives.amdigital.co.uk/Documents/Detail/ferrar-print-554/520257

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