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The Sabbatarian movement promoted Sunday as a sacred day, believing that those who worked on Sunday contributed directly to Christ's suffering. Christ is portrayed as Man of Sorrows, flanked and pierced by workmen's tools. This figure would have been placed to a door or chapel and is the only known English example.\nThe figure was probably originally contained within a wooden tabernacle with shutters. This is a unique English medieval alabaster carving depicting the Sunday Christ.","physicalDescription":"Christ is shown as a Man of Sorrows, but instead of being surrounded by the Instruments of his Passion, he is flanked by and often pierced by workmen's tools which are predominantly connected with agrarian labour. 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Acquired from Sam Fogg Ltd in London for £25,000 by a dealer in Berkshire. Acquired with funds from the Hildburgh Bequest and contributions from Mr John Studzinski CBE and Mr and Mrs Paul Ruddock.\n\nHistorical significance: This is a unique English medieval alabaster carving depicting the Sunday Christ. The image was essentially moralising and admonitory, rather than devotional.","historicalContext":"The figure was probably originally contained within a wooden tabernacle with shutters. 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