Despenser Reredos

Despenser Reredos is an altarpiece. It is recorded from 1382.

Also recorded as Despenser Retable.

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Literature

3 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

reredos, n., Oxford English Dictionary, 2023. [The blue jars of Llivia's dispensary]., Rev Hist Pharm (Paris). Reredos in King's College Hospital Chapel., Hospital (Lond 1886).

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 3 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)) and 2 biomedical publications indexed (PubMed (National Library of Medicine)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 3 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 3 means 3 genuinely separate publishers of record. 15 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

In detail

Materials recorded for it are gold leaf, glass, wood and paint.

It is associated with United Kingdom. The record gives 1382 as its date of establishment or first appearance. Recorded genres are religious art. The recorded subject matter is Passion, crucifixion of Jesus and Ascension of Jesus.

It is recorded in the collection of Norwich Cathedral.

Chronology

  1. 1382Despenser Reredos first recorded.

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    PubMed, United States National Library of Medicine, records for “Despenser Reredos”

    Institutional database · Scholarly

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  2. 2.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q73289013: Despenser Reredos

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikidata

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  3. 3.

    “Despenser Reredos”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

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