Middleham Jewel

Hi,

I'm going to write a little scene in which two characters go to see the Middleham jewel at the Yorkshire Museum of York and start talking about Richard. Only that I've never been in the Yorkshire Museum.

Could I perhaps ask someone who has been in the museum to describe me the room in which the jewel is on display? I would like to avoid terrible errors in my little scene, and even few actual details (such "a little room" instead than "a large room") will be much appreciated.

Thank you very much for the help.

Cecilia

--- In , "cabepfir" <cabepfir@...> wrote:
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> Hi,
>
> I'm going to write a little scene in which two characters go to see the Middleham jewel at the Yorkshire Museum of York and start talking about Richard. Only that I've never been in the Yorkshire Museum.
>
> Could I perhaps ask someone who has been in the museum to describe me the room in which the jewel is on display? I would like to avoid terrible errors in my little scene, and even few actual details (such "a little room" instead than "a large room") will be much appreciated.
>
> Thank you very much for the help.
>
> Cecilia



I was at York and Middleham in May 2007, but I didn't see the Middleham jewel. In fact, I've never heard of it till now. I'll have to look it up.

Katy

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> --- In , "cabepfir" <cabepfir@> wrote:
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> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm going to write a little scene in which two characters go to see the Middleham jewel at the Yorkshire Museum of York and start talking about Richard. Only that I've never been in the Yorkshire Museum.
> >
> > Could I perhaps ask someone who has been in the museum to describe me the room in which the jewel is on display? I would like to avoid terrible errors in my little scene, and even few actual details (such "a little room" instead than "a large room") will be much appreciated.
> >
> > Thank you very much for the help.
> >
> > Cecilia
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> I was at York and Middleham in May 2007, but I didn't see the Middleham jewel. In fact, I've never heard of it till now. I'll have to look it up.
>
> Katy



PS...Darn, now that I looked it up, I wish I'd visited the museum. I had only two days in York, one of which was devoted to York Minster and its collections and exploring the city, and the other to a car trip out to the Dales, including stops at Fountains Abbey, Bolton Castle and Middleham Castle.

Here is the link to the Yorkshire Museum.

http://www.yorkshiremuseum.org.uk/Page/About.aspx

Perhaps if you emailed them and said you were researching a novel, someone would describe the room that holds the Yorkshire Jewel. Or, if you live in the UK, a phone call might be even better.

Katy

Yes, that of writing to the museum is a good idea, indeed. Thank you! I shall try.
There is a replica of the jewel in Middleham castle, so when I've been in York with the American Branch in 2008 I didn't go to the Yorkshire Museum to see it. Now I regret it :P
 
Cecilia

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--- In , "oregon_katy" <oregon_katy@...> wrote:
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>
>
> --- In , "cabepfir" <cabepfir@> wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm going to write a little scene in which two characters go to see the Middleham jewel at the Yorkshire Museum of York and start talking about Richard. Only that I've never been in the Yorkshire Museum.
> >
> > Could I perhaps ask someone who has been in the museum to describe me the room in which the jewel is on display? I would like to avoid terrible errors in my little scene, and even few actual details (such "a little room" instead than "a large room") will be much appreciated.
> >
> > Thank you very much for the help.
> >
> > Cecilia
>
>
>
> I was at York and Middleham in May 2007, but I didn't see the Middleham jewel. In fact, I've never heard of it till now. I'll have to look it up.
>
> Katy

PS...Darn, now that I looked it up, I wish I'd visited the museum. I had only two days in York, one of which was devoted to York Minster and its collections and exploring the city, and the other to a car trip out to the Dales, including stops at Fountains Abbey, Bolton Castle and Middleham Castle.

Here is the link to the Yorkshire Museum.

http://www.yorkshiremuseum.org.uk/Page/About.aspx

Perhaps if you emailed them and said you were researching a novel, someone would describe the room that holds the Yorkshire Jewel. Or, if you live in the UK, a phone call might be even better.

Katy

http://www.middlehamonline.com/page4.htm



--- In , "oregon_katy" <oregon_katy@...> wrote:
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>
>
> --- In , "cabepfir" <cabepfir@> wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm going to write a little scene in which two characters go to see the Middleham jewel at the Yorkshire Museum of York and start talking about Richard. Only that I've never been in the Yorkshire Museum.
> >
> > Could I perhaps ask someone who has been in the museum to describe me the room in which the jewel is on display? I would like to avoid terrible errors in my little scene, and even few actual details (such "a little room" instead than "a large room") will be much appreciated.
> >
> > Thank you very much for the help.
> >
> > Cecilia
>
>
>
> I was at York and Middleham in May 2007, but I didn't see the Middleham jewel. In fact, I've never heard of it till now. I'll have to look it up.
>
> Katy
>

--- In , Cecilia Latella <cabepfir@...> wrote:
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> Yes, that of writing to the museum is a good idea, indeed. Thank you! I shall try.
> There is a replica of the jewel in Middleham castle, so when I've been in York with the American Branch in 2008 I didn't go to the Yorkshire Museum to see it. Now I regret it :P
>  
> Cecilia


I didn't see that, either, when I was at Middleham. Maybe it was not there in 2007?

We arrived about a half hour before closing and had time for a quick walk through the place, under the supervision of the castle-keeper's white cat flitting in and out the ruins like a ghost.

Katy

Medieval York - The Power and the Glory



The Middleham Jewel, 1460

This gold pendant, adorned with an oblong sapphire, was
found near to Middleham Castle and could have been owned by a member of the
Neville family who lived there. It is engraved with images of the Trinity on
the front and the Nativity on the back.

 

http://www.yorkshiremuseum.org.uk/Page/ViewCollection.aspx?CollectionId=28

 

Here is the url to see it at the museum's website.  It's in the middle of a slideshow of artifacts.
Sheffe

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--- In , Cecilia Latella <cabepfir@...> wrote:

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> Yes, that of writing to the museum is a good idea, indeed. Thank you! I shall try.

> There is a replica of the jewel in Middleham castle, so when I've been in York with the American Branch in 2008 I didn't go to the Yorkshire Museum to see it. Now I regret it :P

>  

> Cecilia



I didn't see that, either, when I was at Middleham. Maybe it was not there in 2007?



We arrived about a half hour before closing and had time for a quick walk through the place, under the supervision of the castle-keeper's white cat flitting in and out the ruins like a ghost.



Katy

Oops - I've been inaccurate. The replica actually is in the church of St. Mary and St. Alkelda in Middleham, which is a few minutes away from the castle. If I remember correctly, the replica of the Jewel is in the bottom left corner of the church (looking toward the altar).
I've emailed the museum - thank you again for your suggestion!

Cecilia


--- In , "oregon_katy" <oregon_katy@...> wrote:
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>
>
> --- In , Cecilia Latella <cabepfir@> wrote:
> >
> > Yes, that of writing to the museum is a good idea, indeed. Thank you! I shall try.
> > There is a replica of the jewel in Middleham castle, so when I've been in York with the American Branch in 2008 I didn't go to the Yorkshire Museum to see it. Now I regret it :P
> >  
> > Cecilia
>
>
> I didn't see that, either, when I was at Middleham. Maybe it was not there in 2007?
>
> We arrived about a half hour before closing and had time for a quick walk through the place, under the supervision of the castle-keeper's white cat flitting in and out the ruins like a ghost.
>
> Katy
>

--- In , "cabepfir" <cabepfir@...> wrote:
>
> Oops - I've been inaccurate. The replica actually is in the church of St. Mary and St. Alkelda in Middleham, which is a few minutes away from the castle. If I remember correctly, the replica of the Jewel is in the bottom left corner of the church (looking toward the altar).
> I've emailed the museum - thank you again for your suggestion!
>
> Cecilia



Whew -- I'd hate to think that it had been in the castle when I was, and I had somehow missed it. There was nothing *in* the ruins then except a rather unattractive statue of Richard evidently being devoured by a dragon (no doubt representing Tudor via the Welsh national symbol), the white cat, swags of wallflowers bedecking the east-facing masonry like remnants of the tapestries,, and the soft wind.

I didn't find it a melancholy site, though. Even in ruins you can see what graceful lines and proportions and the intimate scale the castle had. It is sited on a little rise in the small river valley so that it seems to shelter and protect the village, not loom menacingly over it like the larger, taller, and far grimmer Bolton a few miles away.

(Of course for pure menace you could hardly beat Edinburgh Castle with its sheer walls, perched on the top on the black core of an extinct volcano, with its huge cannons trained on the city below.)

Katy

I haven't been in Bolton or in Edinburgh yet. I remember visiting Middleham castle with a lot of emotion, of course - I imagined Richard dining in the great hall or riding on the field behind the castle, so yet, it was definitely a poignant visit. I liked the statue, too, and I appreciated the symbol of the dragon-snake consuming Richard. I took a lot of pictures of it!
 
Cecilia

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--- In , "cabepfir" <cabepfir@...> wrote:
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> Oops - I've been inaccurate. The replica actually is in the church of St. Mary and St. Alkelda in Middleham, which is a few minutes away from the castle. If I remember correctly, the replica of the Jewel is in the bottom left corner of the church (looking toward the altar).
> I've emailed the museum - thank you again for your suggestion!
>
> Cecilia

Whew -- I'd hate to think that it had been in the castle when I was, and I had somehow missed it. There was nothing *in* the ruins then except a rather unattractive statue of Richard evidently being devoured by a dragon (no doubt representing Tudor via the Welsh national symbol), the white cat, swags of wallflowers bedecking the east-facing masonry like remnants of the tapestries,, and the soft wind.

I didn't find it a melancholy site, though. Even in ruins you can see what graceful lines and proportions and the intimate scale the castle had. It is sited on a little rise in the small river valley so that it seems to shelter and protect the village, not loom menacingly over it like the larger, taller, and far grimmer Bolton a few miles away.

(Of course for pure menace you could hardly beat Edinburgh Castle with its sheer walls, perched on the top on the black core of an extinct volcano, with its huge cannons trained on the city below.)

Katy