Figure of St. John

Medieval

Colchester Castle Museum

circa 1400

A figure of St. John holding a book of Gospels. The figure once formed part of a processional or altar cross. There is a small square hole in the crown of the head that may originally have held a nimbus.

• Medium: bronze
• Dimensions: Height: 8.2cm
• Art Fund Grant: £2000 ( Total: £8,000)
• ArtFunded in: 2002
• Vendor: Paul Woolston and Ian Melrose

Provenance

Found near Colchester in 2001.

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