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Medieval ceramic floor tile
Lewis Group 21 no.324
Slip-on impression. A single tile fragment from a 4-tile design. The overall 4-tile design (same tile repeated) comprises a ribbon quatrefoil with double border outside and equal-arm cross inside; all the spaces are are filled with a continuous black-letter inscription repeated four times: marc mathe:lucas:job / a:d:mcccclvi / miseremini:mei:miseremini:mei / saltem.vos.amici.mei:quia: ma / nus dni.tetigit:/me (Mark, Matthew, Luke, John. AD 1456. Have pity upon me, have pity upon me at least ye my friends, for the hand of the lord hath touched me). The words include a passage from Job xix.21 used in the Office of the Dead. BM Design 1468 (Great Malvern Priory, Baynham Abbey).
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Site Name: Monmouth Comprehensive School, Monmouth
Notes: found during construction work