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dan.mellamphy@xtra.co.nz
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 Posted - 08/06/2002 : 11:10:21 PM
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A Church Service on September 10th 2002 to re-establish the famous Mediaeval Shrine Statue of Our Lady of Grace at St.Mary Elms Church, Ipswich, Suffolk, England.
( Deposed by King Henry VIII during September 1538.)
The Statue is 50 inches & is carved in English oak.
Sculptor is Robert Nicholas Mellamphy
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Dan
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Canada
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Posted - 08/08/2002 : 1:06:43 PM
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Was this a re-establishment of the medieval statue itself or the establishment in its absence of a modern one? In any case, it's great to see a sculptor among the many Mael-Anfaidhs here, in addition to a sculpture (that is, the statue of Molana's Maol-Anfaidh mentioned in the "Maol-Anfaidh extra reading" section of this forum). There are sculptors in the maternal wing of my family as well, and even my sister Janelle has dabbled -- or rather, chiselled -- in this art ... this silent or unspoken art which poets like Ponge (the French poet Francis Ponge) describe/inscribe as SCVLPTVRE, the two 'V's standing for the unpronounced and/or unspeakable: the actual work of this word.
... Hmmm; ... the silent language of scvlptvre brings me back (via the "Maol-Anfaidh extra reading" section) to the monastic acephale himself -- Maol-Anfaidh of Molana -- and his singular decapitated caption and condition ... that is, perhaps the only word a headless head (chief, leader, maol, mael) could utter is precisely this V (...in French this silent letter would sound the call to live: "Vie!"). This would be in keeping with a Christian convert, since Biblically-speaking we were sculpted out of clay ourselves and given life as such.
... Life imitates art.
Ah, scvlptvre.
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dan.mellamphy@xtra.co.nz
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Posted - 08/09/2002 : 10:08:39 AM
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The original statue can be seen above the High Altar in the Catholic Church at Nettuno, Italy, south of Rome.
Robert N Mellamphy was invited there to measure that original& he returned to his home in Ipswich & carved a new one . The Original could not be taken from Nettuno as you can understand.
Ipswich was a Shrine Town in Mediaeval days & it is gratifying to see this re-placement Statue being welcomed by the people there to-day.
A Bronze Plaque is sited on a building facade in Lady Lane , Ipswich . This is reputed as being the exact location of the Statue deposed by Henry V111 in 1538.
Robert N Mellamphy is presently engaged in producing a very large Bronze of Cardinal Wolsey....but that is another story & I am waiting for him to put down the tools & reply to your questions.....
After all, I have my own hammering to do ....OUCH !!!!
Daniel G Mellamphy
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