Medieval History
The face of Simon of Sudbury, the controversial former Archbishop of Canterbury, was revealed last week ? 630 years after he met his grizzly end during the Peasant?s Revolt of 1381.
Using skeletal detail taken from his part-mummified skull, forensic artist Adrienne Barker from the University of Dundee has employed state-of-the-art reconstruction techniques to recreate Sudbury?s facial features and complete a series of 3-D bronze-resin casts of his head. The skull has been kept at St Gregory?s Church at Sudbury in Suffolk for more than six centuries.
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Medieval History
Face of 14th-century Archbishop of Canterbury revealed
The face of Simon of Sudbury, the controversial former Archbishop of Canterbury, was revealed last week ? 630 years after he met his grizzly end during the Peasant?s Revolt of 1381.
Using skeletal detail taken from his part-mummified skull, forensic artist Adrienne Barker from the University of Dundee has employed state-of-the-art reconstruction techniques to recreate Sudbury?s facial features and complete a series of 3-D bronze-resin casts of his head. The skull has been kept at St Gregory?s Church at Sudbury in Suffolk for more than six centuries.
Click here to read this article from Medievalists.net
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