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The Corpus Pelican

The Corpus Pelican

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The Corpus Pelican and New Court

Painted by Eva Fang

The Cambridge Guild of Corpus Christi was founded in 1349, a response to the Black Death. Corpus Christ guilds were a type of medieval religious guilds that centered around the Feast of Corpus Christ and the procession. The guilds were aimed to assist with the sick and dying. The Cambridge guild sought to found a new College in the University. After merging with another, older medieval guild (The guild of the Blessed Virgin Mary) they acquired land in the centre of town, and via their Patron: the Duke of Lancaster, they applied to King Edward III for a licence to found a new college. This was granted in 1352. This makes Corpus Christi College unique, as the only College to be founded by the efforts of the townspeople of Cambridge.

The Corpus Pelican is part of its coat of arms, which was commissioned by Matthew Parker, who also gifted the College with a world renowned library of illuminated manuscripts. 

But the Pelican is also linked to the feast of Corpus Christi, via the ancient myth that a mother pelican would pierce her own breast to feed her young with her blood in times of famine. Thomas Aquinas, who instituted the feast of Corpus Christi makes reference to this in one of the five Eucharistic hymns that he composed for the feast.
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Paper: Our prints are printed on 250 gsm, matt finish digital conservation paper. Produced in Germany from acid and chlorine free wood pulp.

Frames: All our frames are hand-made and hand-finished in Sussex, with responsibly sourced wood

Black: hand-painted solid ash showing the grain of the wood
White: solid wood with a painted satin finish
Natural: solid oak with a hand-applied finishing wax
Gold: solid wood with a painted gilt finish

Glazing: 2mm cast acrylic for safety, optical clarity, UV protection and is recyclable  

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Overseas orders may be subject to high shipping costs - especially with larger prints, as these are awkward to handle.

Timeframes on print on demand products can vary: unframed prints are usually dispatched within 5 working days via a tracked delivery service.

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Dimensions

This product is available in a number of formats and sizes, all sizes include any white space or mounting board surrounding the image, actual image sizes vary depending on aspect ratio.

Art print - Standard - Total Size
Small - 30 x 40 cm 
Medium - 45 x 60 cm
Large - 60 x 80 cm
Extra Large - 75 x 100 cm

Art Print - Square - Total Size

Small - 40x40 cm
Medium - 60x60 cm
Large - 80x80 cm
Extra Large - 100x100 cm

Mounted & Framed Art Print 
Small - 32x 40 cm 
Medium - 47 x 60 cm
Large - 62 x 80 cm
Extra Large - 77 x 100 cm 

Mounted and Framed Art Print - Square -

Small - 42x40cm
Medium - 62x60 cm
Large - 82x80 cm
Extra Large - 102x100 cm

Framed Print sizes are approximate

Rolled and Stretched Canvases are sized differently to prints, depending on the aspect ratio of the painting, the size listed here is the largest any edge of the print may be, but depending on the image, it may be square, or rectangular.
Small - 40 cm
Medium - 60 cm
Large - 80 cm
Extra Large - 100 cm

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King and McGaw pride themselves on sustainability and responsible sourcing. They utilise high quality inks, paper and hand finish their frames in their workshop in Sussex. To create a print that is as much a work of art as the piece it is based on.