347: Armorial Bearings and Inscriptions
| Department | Archive |
|---|---|
| Collection | 1936 Exhibition Collection |
| Reference No. | 1936/2/2/40 |
| Level | Item |
| Dimensions | 33.3 x 76.3 cm |
| Scope and Content | Card base with eight black and white illustrations attached, seven in ink and one in pencil, labelled with pasted letters a-h. The number 347 is pasted in the lower left corner. "F.W.Hasluck" is written in ink in the lower left corner. Beside each image is a later annotation in pencil giving a bibliographic reference. The original description in the catalogue reads: "Armorial bearings and inscriptions: a. Chios: armorial bearings: Giustiniani, City of Genoa [erased], de Marchi. b. Amastra: Genoese arms. c. Smyrna: Arms: de Heridia, the Order of St. John (the cross defaced by Turks), the Papacy, d'Allemagna. d. Chios: Inscription, in Genoese dialect (as it applied to sailors and harbour-loafers), prohibiting the throwing of filth or ballast into the harbour. e. Smyrna: Arms; Papacy, d'Allemagna. f. Chios. Inscription respecting the ownership of a chapel by Genoese residents. g, h. Aenos; arms of the Gattelusi." |
| Notes | In the Exhibition Catalogue this is under the subheading "The Genoese in the Levant" |
| Related records |
[1936/2/2/40/1], Sub-item, 347a: Chios: armorial bearings
[1936/2/2/40/2], Sub-item, 347b: Amastra: Genoese arms [1936/2/2/40/3], Sub-item, 347c: Smyrna: Arms [1936/2/2/40/4], Sub-item, 347d: Chios: Inscription in Genoese Dialect [1936/2/2/40/5], Sub-item, 347e: Smyrna: Arms [1936/2/2/40/6], Sub-item, 347f: Chios: Inscription [1936/2/2/40/7], Sub-item, 347g: Aenos: Arms [1936/2/2/40/8], Sub-item, 347h: Aenos: Arms [BSA SPHS/1/6841.C6850], View of the work of W.S. George as shown at the 1936 exhibition at Burlington House, London: 339 and 340. The Acropolis of Athens, 341. Fresco of a Young Armed Warrior (Acropolis Museum), 342. Head of Seti I, in soft limestone, once coloured. XIXth dynast, 1936 |