Written on Tuesday 28th February 2012
Thomas Hand, a Lincolnshire stickmaker, has recreated the crozier of one of Lincoln's most renowned bishops (Robert Grosseteste, bishop from 1235-1253). "Using a copy of a painting obtained from the British Museum, I got a sense of the size of the crozier." said Mr Hand.
The new crozier is carved from English walnut and forms a double scroll enclosing a Celtic cross. The staff shank is in English yew and a simple black buffalo horn ferrule caps the shank.
The sterling silver collar, which is a replica of the original, has the same inscription: Per baculi forman prelati dis cito norman - 'know the prelate by the style of his staff.'
The crozier was presented by Mr Hand to Lincoln's Cathedral in a ceremony at which the duty chaplain, the Revd John Pryor received it.
This post has 0 comments.
