Black family tree tapestry
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- "The tapestry looked immensely old; it was faded and looked as though Doxys had gnawed it in places. Nevertheless, the golden thread with which it was embroidered still glinted brightly enough to show them a sprawling family tree dating back (as far as Harry could tell) to the Middle Ages. Large words at the very top of the tapestry read: The Noble and Most Ancient House of Black 'Toujours pur'"
- —Description[src]
The Black family had a tapestry depicting their family tree. It has been made in the 13th century, presumably by the early members of the family, [1] containing family members dating back to the Middle Ages.
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[edit] History
[edit] Creation
The Black family tree tapestry was created around the 13th century [1] by the wealthy, pure-blood Wizarding family, the House of Black. The tree began in the Middle Ages, and recorded all siblings, spouses, descendants, and even cousins of members of the family, although none of these older names are known, with the earliest Black known to be on the tree was one Mr. Black, who lived around the 1820s, most likely. Where the tapestry was located in these earlier times is unknown, but it was passed down to subsequent generations of Blacks, and found its place at 12 Grimmauld Place, home of the last living members of the family by the late twentieth century. [1]
[edit] Owners
[edit] Black family
The tapestry was in the Black family for seven centuries, being passed down to descendants through the ages, finding its way into their homes, and by most members of the family it was treated as an object of reverance, representing their pure-blood heritage, which the House of Black held in great esteem. Despite this general respect of the object, some Blacks, the earliest known being Eduardus Limette, and the most recent being Sirius Black III were disowned for various reasons; supporting Muggle rights, being Squibs, fraternizing with other disowned people, etc., and treated the item with resentment.
[edit] Walburga Black
During the mid-twentieth century, Walburga Black, mother of some of the last members of the family, was in charge of blasting off the tapestry images of the disowned members of the family. She was known to have, in around 1975, to have burned off her eldest son [1], as well as her own brother for giving Sirius a "decent amount of gold" [2]. Walburga was presumably responsible for most of the removals, but some family members, such as Isla Black, were disowned before her birth, hinting that others took this job at one point.
[edit] Description
The tree contained the name and respective dates of the family members inside small pieces of parchment, as well as a small image of the Blacks by birth (not of the Blacks by marriage). [3]
Disowned members of the family had their images and names burnt off the tapestry. Their descendants as well as their spouse's names were not even included on the tree. [2]
[edit] Notes and references
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - Chapter 6 (The Noble and Most Ancient House of Black)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Black family tree
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film)
