For the coming months, Christ's College has lent its Foundress' Cup to the British Library, where it is featured in the exhibition 'Medieval Women: In Their Own Words' (25 October 2024-2 March 2025). This silver-gilt standing cup was commissioned in the 1430s by Humfrey and Eleanor, Duke and Duchess of Gloucester, uncle and aunt of King Henry VI. By the end of the century, it had passed to Lady Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Richmond, mother of King Henry VII, and Foundress of Christ's and St John's. Such cups were used to serve 'Hippocras', a sweetened, spiced wine thought to aid digestion. Among surviving examples, the Foundress' Cup is unique. It borrows common forms and iconography but subtly transforms them. The goldsmith asserts the specificity of his craft and material, while the patrons adapt the canons of Gothic ornament to create a shining garden of meanings: gustatory, literary, medical, and dynastic. The revolutions of the cup and cover make them a combination machine for the high table. This object has never before been studied as an artwork. No one has attempted to understand its relation to the intellectual interests and familial affections of the Gloucesters or the meaning that Lady Margaret may have attributed to it. That research is now being carried out by Dr Mary Franklin-Brown, Fellow in Medieval Studies and Honorary Keeper of the Plate at Christ's and University Associate Professor in Modern and Medieval Languages. She will present her current understanding of the cup. The lecture is open to all members and friends of Cambridge University, alumni, and colleagues and students from other institutions. Entry is free, but advanced booking is required.

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