Pride of Place - Anglo Saxon Kingdom's Exhibition
It was great to meet an old Norfolk friend, in pride of place, welcoming visitors to the Anglo Saxon Kingdoms Exhibition at the British Library! He represents the old East Anglia. East Anglia before Christian missionaries began the conversion in the 7th C. Made of clay, the model of Spong Hill Man forms the stopper of a cremation urn ' Looking at him in a new light, he seemed less like one of the three monkeys, perhaps somewhere between Rodin's Thinker and Edvard Munch's The Scream , as he contemplates the mysteries of life and death. For such as him St.Felix established a church close to Spong Hill at North Elmham. A church that was to become the centre of the diocese until it transferred to Norwich in 11th C. Another Norfolk treasure - the (the newly acquired) Whinfarthing Pendant - was displayed nearby. It dates from a time when the East Anglian elite was beginning to turn towards Christianity. Like S...