Record ID: NMS-F92EB4
Object type: FIGURINE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Alabaster figure of a knight, carved in the round, broken and incomplete, comprising eight joining fragments. The knight is missing most of one ear, one elbow, his hands and most of his legs. He has ring-and-dots for eyes, exaggeratedly large perforated ears, protruding lips and a beard around his cheeks and chin but no moustache. He wears a conical helmet with nasal (nose-guard) and a long-sleeved mail hauberk under his surcoat. His lower arms are obliquely angled upward to where his hands were once clasped together, perhaps in prayer (or holding the reins of a horse?). His legs are s…
Created on: Wednesday 26th April 2006
Last updated: Tuesday 12th January 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Breckland', grid reference and parish protected.