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Built into the oldest part of the church, the east wall of the nave to the north of the chancel arch, is this rough sculptured panel showing the Adoration of the Magi, thought to date from the C12th, with the bare-footed Magi apparently dressed in kilts. In this part of Northumberland, Scotland is not far away, and we can only guess about the nature of their proffered gifts.
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It has been suggested in “The Three Holy Kings” by Hugh Mountney (Gracewing, 2003) that the caps worn by the Wise Men whom, he reminds us, were actually astrologers, are 'Phrygian Caps'. He says that an image of the Magi wearing such caps and 'kilts' was found in the Greek Chapel of the Roman catacombs. He suggests that St Paulinus, himself a Roman, may have instructed the sculptor, and in that case, it would have been commissioned for the Anglo-Saxon palace at Yeavering, in the C7th.
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