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Monument to Christopher Layer (1531–1600) and Barbara Layer

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Churches Conservation Trust

Monument to Christopher Layer (1531–1600) and Barbara Layer

Image credit: Churches Conservation Trust

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A classically framed wall mounted coloured monument, its borders with two allegorical figures within aedicules on each side, its centre portraying the subject and his wife kneeling opposite one another at prayer, their three sons to their left and five daughters to their right, two coats of arms and the sun above them; and below two inscriptions and two date panels; and a coat of arms at the top of the piece.
Title

Monument to Christopher Layer (1531–1600) and Barbara Layer

Date

1600–c.1604

Accession number

NR2_RHT_CCT20

Work type

Monument

Owner

The Churches Conservation Trust

Custodian

The Churches Conservation Trust

Work status

extant

Listing status

Grade I (England and Wales)

Listing date

26/02/54

Access

time restrictions apply

Access note

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Inscription description

on the borders above each aedicule: PAX / VANITAS / GLORIA / LABOR; in the centre below the portraits: OBIIT 19 JUNII / 1600. / ILLA / 23O JUNII 1604; and below within a diamond: 1600 / 1604; together with painted Latin texts on the lower left and right plaques (not transcribed).

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Located at

Church of St John Maddermarket, Maddermarket, Norwich

NR2 1DS

Located on the corner of Pottergate and St John Maddenmarket.

Artist or maker

unknown artist

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