Seven Deadly Sins
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Location
| Street: | Liphook Road |
| Town: | Lynchmere |
| Parish: | Linchmere |
| Council: | Chichester District Council |
| County: | West Sussex |
| Postcode: | GU27 |
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| Object setting: | Inside building |
| and in: | Religious |
| Access is: | Public |
| Location note: | North interior wall of the Parish Church of St. Peter |
| In the AZ book: | West Sussex |
| Page: | 16 |
| Grid reference: | D9 |
| The A-Z books used are A-Z East Sussex and A-Z West Sussex (Editions 1A 2005). Geographers' A-Z Map Company Ltd. Sevenoaks. | |
| Previous location: | A conventual church in the south of France. |
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General Information
| Commissioned by: | Donated to the church. |
| Installation date: | 1906 |
| Work is: | Extant |
| Owner custodian: | Parish Church of St. Peter, Lynchmere. |
| Description: | Seven Gothic trefoil arches in hard volcanic rosk containing carved marble depictions of seven monks. All are clean shaven except that depicting 'Sloth'. The expressions depict the impact of the seven deadly sins on the faces of the monks. |
| Iconographical description: | The seven deadly sins, also known as the capital vices or cardinal sins, are a classification of vices that were originally used in early Christian teachings to educate and instruct followers concerning (immoral) fallen man's tendency to sin. The Roman Catholic Church divided sin into two principal categories: ''venial'', which are relatively minor, and could be forgiven through any sacrament of the Church, and the more severe ''capital'' or mortal sin. Mortal sins destroyed the life of grace, and created the threat of eternal damnation unless either absolved through the sacrament of confession, or forgiven through perfect contrition on the part of the penitent. (Wikipedia) |
| Inscription: | THIS BAS-RELIEF IS A FINE EXAMPLE OF OLD ITALIAN WORK.AND ITS DATE IS ABOUT 1300 A.D. IT REPRESENTS THE SEVEN DEADLY SINS.AND IS CARVED OUT OF A HARD VOLCANIC ROCK,THE MONKS’FACES BEING OF MARBLE. IT ONCE BELONGED TO A CONVENTUAL CHURCH IN THE SOUTH OF FRANCE. AND WAS PRESENTED TO LYNCHMERE CHURCH IN 1906. J.WIPPELL & CO.LTD. EXETER & LONDON. Carved painted letters on the base of the sculpture, underneath each of the figures: PRIDE: AVARICE: ANGER: ENVY: GLVTTONY: LVST: SLOTh: |
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Classification
| Categories: | Sculptural, Religious |
| Object type1: | Sculpture |
| Object type2: | Relief |
| Subject type1: | Allegorical |
| Subject subtype1: | Group |
| Subject type2: | Figurative |
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Object Parts
| Part 1: | Sculpture |
| Material: | Marble heads set into hard volcanic rock. |
| Height (cm): | 50 |
| Width (cm): | 144 |
| Depth (cm): | 10 |
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Object Condition
| Overall condition: | Good |
| Risk assessment: | No known risk |
| Date of on-site inspection: | 13/02/2008 |
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History
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References
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Photographs
Author: Anthony McIntosh Copyright: Creative Commons |  Author: Anthony McIntosh Copyright: Creative Commons |
 Author: Anthony McIntosh Copyright: Creative Commons |  Author: Anthony McIntosh Copyright: Creative Commons |
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