Bury St. Edmonds? Now where have I heard that before? Ah yes one of the best episodes from Yes Prime Minister involved Hacker having to appoint the bishop for Bury St. Edmonds in the episode called The Bishops Gambit which included this very truthful bit.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-nrZBtKWSfs
Or perhaps from one of the most renowned artifacts from the medieval church, the Bury St. Edmunds Cross, acquired by Thomas Hoving when he was one of the assistant curators for Medieval Art at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art. Hand carved in ivory (Hoving’s area of expertise) the cross was unique for the unusual banner it bore: instead of reading ‘King of the Jews’ the Bury St. Edmunds Cross read ‘King of the Confessors.’ It was that difference that convinced Hoving the piece was genuine instead of the forgery that other medieval experts dismissed it as.
Imagine the shock when most of the carved Latin writing on this cross turned out to be a diatribe against the Jews! Today it is on display at The Cloisters (the Metropolitan’s rebuilt monastery housing most of its medieval collection) in Fort Washington Park near the George Washington Bridge. For more information or just a unique glimpse of what is involved in being a curator for a major art museum, check out Hoving’s book “King of the Confessors.”
That’s excellent! When was this made?