The Baptismal Font Canopy of St. Peter Mancroft, Norwich
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The Baptismal Font Canopy of St. Peter Mancroft, Norwich

Studies of a Medieval Monument Over Four Centuries

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The early 16th-century baptismal font canopy of the church of St. Peter Mancroft, Norwich, is one of only three such structures to survive anywhere in the British Isles. This study, inspired by the recent rediscovery of four attributable panels at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, offers a trans-temporal account of the canopy's initial creation and subsequent use, mutilation, and modification. Written by a team of scholars in art/architectural history, art conservation, heritage documentation, literary studies, and museum curation, it explores the installation's multiple artistic, ritual, and cu...