Description (Labels & Markings)
Marked in black ink: 'Examination School'
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Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Context (Field collection)
Found: Examination school

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Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card: 'Floor tiles, some decorated. Meesden type.'
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Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Context (References)
Cranage, D.H.S and Stokes, H.P. (1921). 'The Augustinian Friary in Cambridge, and the History of its Site.' Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society, 22. pp. 053-075
Event Date 1921
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Description (Analysis)
Sarah-Jane Harknett (2001) for Z 16298 A: '22 fragments, including three which join to form an almost complete tile with incised decoration of four flowers.'
Event Date 7/9/2001
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Context (Amendments / updates)
On 25 May 2017, Craig Cressford of the Cambridge Archaeological Unit examined material coming from the Austin Friary when it was excavated in the course of creating the Examination School in 1908-1910. He noted that his material dates to the 14th or 15th century, during the life of the Friary, and the Period field has been updated accordingly.
Event Date 26/5/2017
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Context (Production / use)
Handwritten note found with idno reads: 'Meesden or Dutch'
Event Date 26/5/2017
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Description (Physical description)
Z 16298 A: Fragments of floor tiles, some decorated, of Meesden type. Includes three which join to form an almost complete tile with incised decoration of four flowers. Others include figural decorations.
Event Date 26/5/2017
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Context (Amendments / updates)
The material held by the museum from Austin Friary has come in at various times and with different variations as to the Place field (i.e. Bene't Street, Peas Hill, etc.), especially as the site straddled different streets in Cambridge. In an attempt to clarify this, when it is possible to confirm that the material came from the Friary or more generally from the Examination School site, these have been added in addition to the existing Place information
Event Date 26/5/2017
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Description (Physical description)
Fragment of a floor tile, decorated with an incised figure in profile and double incised line border. Yellow glaze. Meesden type.
Event Date 12/11/2018
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Exhibition (Li Ka Shing Gallery)
EXH.2023.12 | Beneath Our Feet: Archaeology of the Cambridge Region
Event Date 21/6/2023
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson