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Museum to buy church's £1.3m cup

Museum to buy church's £1.3m cup | Archaeology News | Scoop.it

A Wiltshire church has been told it can sell an "extremely rare" £1.3m silver medieval chalice to the British Museum.

The Lacock Cup, which dates back to the 1400s, was loaned to the museum from St Cyriac's Church in Lacock in 1962.

 

The church now wants to sell the cup to raise funds for repairs, but this had been opposed by a local resident so a church court was set up to decide.

 

At the consistory court the Reverend Justin Gau said he was satisfied the sale circumstances were justified.

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First nation gathers voices from the past to prepare for the future

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Drew Blaney is unearthing the songs of his ancestors, bringing back to life what was thought to be lost. Blaney sometimes sits alone at the ancient places — old village sites and camps — just listening.
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