St Thomas Becket landing at Sandwich
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This panel would have formed part of an altarpiece depicting the story of St Thomas Becket, a very popular saint in the Middle Ages. The reverse of the panel has six lines scored on it, indicating that this scene was sixth in line in the altarpiece.
The cult of Thomas Becket was important across medieval Europe, and Canterbury was one of the major pilgrimage destinations of medieval Christendom. In spite of this, representations of the saint are relatively rare survivals in English alabaster. One other panel showing this scene survives.
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The panel shows St Thomas stepping down the gang-plank from a ship at Sandwich, and represents his triumphant return to England in 1170, having been reconciled with Henry II. The ship is shown in some detail, with a crows nest, and a horizontal mast with furled sail. St Thomas was the patron saint of the Merchant Adventurers, which may account for the inclusion of this particular episode, with its emphasis on international travel, on altarpieces devoted to the saint.
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- A.167-1946
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