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By John McNeill

The fourteen papers amassed during this quantity discover the medieval artwork, structure and archaeology of King's Lynn and the Fens. They come up out of the Association's 2005 convention, and replicate its trouble to have interaction with a extensive variety of monuments and topics, instead of targeting a unmarried significant construction. inside of King's Lynn individuals contemplate the excellent 14th-century enamelled ingesting vessel popularly referred to as 'King John's Cup', the previous Hanseatic 'Steelyard', the purple Mount Chapel, and the oak furniture of the chapel of St Nicholas, whereas the pine usual chest from St Margaret's church is classed when it comes to the importation and distribution of comparable chest throughout England as a whole.Outside King's Lynn there are articles at the old manipulation of landscapes and constructions at Kirkstead, the 13th-century structure and sculpture of Croyland Abbey, the 14th-century parish church of St Mary at Snettisham, the tomb of Sir Humphrey de Littlebury in any respect Saints, Holbeach, the neglected medieval wall work within the Prior's Chapel at fort Acre, and the past due medieval stained glass at Wiggenhall St Mary Magdalen. eventually, there are 3 papers that examine specific points of the ways that parish church buildings have been financed, decorated and used around the sector - by way of late-12th and early-13th-century patronage, their 12th-century deployment of architectural sculpture, and the categories and preparations of choir stalls that seemed at a parochial point through the later center Ages.

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