'Silex arenacea' mb-code DCA_102848 'La Ghirlandata'

'La Ghirlandata'

A large muff with a band of brocade

The woman has the child wrapped in a sling across her chest

Sandro (1445-1510)

'Silex arenacea' mb-code DCA_102848 'La Ghirlandata'Fossil shells in sandstone, here termed 'calcereous sandstone'. Plate 15 from British mineralogy: or coloured figures intended to elucidate the mineralogy of Great Britain, by James Sowerby, volume 1 (London, R. Taylor & Co., 1804). The accompanying text states that 'Masses of this were found at near twelve feet deep in a lightly gravel stratum, in cutting the canal at the Isle of Dogs' The plate is inscribed: 'Feb. 1 1803. Published by Jas. Sowerby,