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Plaques on wall of Castle Mound |
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County | Norfolk | District Council | Norwich City Council | |||||||||||||||||||||
Civil Parish or equivalent | Norwich | Town/Village* | Norwich | |||||||||||||||||||||
Road | Castle Keep | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Precise Location | On wall of mound leading to the lift | |||||||||||||||||||||||
OS Grid Ref | TG231085 | Postcode | NR1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Setting | Outside | Access | Public | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Norfolk Museums and Archeology Service | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Design & Constrn period |
ca. 2000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of installing |
2001 |
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Norfolk Museums and Archeology Service | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Inscriptions | On plaques, see below On paving: Footprints on the sands of time/ Life is a pathway and the footprints are the years, York stone | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Description (physical) |
Six wall plaques on the containing wall for the mound leading from Castle Meadow to the new lift shaft relate to the museum's collection. The text of the first 'my road calls me lures me west east south and north; most roads lead men homewards my road leads me forth' is verse 5 of Roadways by John Masefield. The traveller is based on the soldier carved on the Castle Keep doorway. Purbeck Feather. The text of the second 'the tide's at full: the marsh with flooded streams glimmers a limpid labyrinth of dreams' is verse 8 of Hymns of the marshes by Sydney Lanier. The boat is based on the boat from St.Nicholas Seal the traveller on the soldier carved on the Castle Keep doorway. Purbeck Feather. The text of the third 'my riches are a trusty sword and spear and a tough shield which I in battle wear' is from 'Imperfect Ode of Hybris the Cretan' by Philip Ayres. The soldier is based on the carved soldier on the Castle Keep doorway the castle on Norwich Castle's assay mark. Purbeck feather stone. The text of the fourth ‘Should Twenty Thousand Dragons Rise I’d Fight them all before Your eyes and now I’ll slay the dragon my wonders to begin A fell and fiery dragon he, but I will clip his wing’ seems to have been taken from two versions of mummers plays both featuring St George. The first from a modern reworking by Steve Pratchett in 1981, the second part from St George in The Peace Egg, a Mumming Play – 1884 J.H. Ewing. Purbeck Feather Stone The text of the fifth 'his word's a winged horse which he bestrides and over lions goats and dragons rides' from Bellerophon by Alexander Ross. Pegasus on Castle Keep doorway Lion from the County Arms and pilgrim badge from collection. Portland stone 'they shall sit everyman under his vine and under his figtree and none shall make them afraid' from Micah IV.4 -. The aged soldier is based on the carved soldier on the Castle Keep doorway his brooch is based on the Pottergate brooch in the collection. Purbeck Pon freestone | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Description (iconographical) |
The plaques were commissioned as part of the £11 million refurbishment of the Castle Museum from 1998-2001. Annette Stirling has confirmed (email) that they were responsible for the choice of texts. These they viewed as a journey, which incorporated objects in and related tot he Castle collections. Entry revised 20/08/2013 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Photographs |
Date taken:
25/3/2006
Date logged: 25/3/2006 |
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On Site Inspection |
Date: 25/3/2006 |
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Sources and References |
F.Meeres, A History of Norwich,Chichester, 1998,5-8 and 25; http://www.photostore.org.uk/seFULL.aspx?WID=123742&TYPE=TECHNIQUE&CODE=520007003&CAT=MAKER&RECORD=136&MAKERID=100176&MYG=&FLAG=; incisiveletterwork.com/Site/norwich.html, both accessed 20/08/2013 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Database |
Date entered: 10/5/2008 |
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