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| | Medieval Painting of the Seven Works of Mercy, Potter Heigham, Norfolk |
 | | Whatever it is, it is safe to say that the inscription is based, however loosely, on the last part of the Olivet discourse in Matthew 25, and it is significant that although the painting was made no later than the early fifteenth century, the inscriptions are in English and not Latin. |
 | | Potter Heigham, like Little Horwood, is dedicated to St. Nicholas, and part of his story is also painted here in the north aisle, along with an Infancy Cycle where Herods brutality is shown in contrast to Nicholass miraculous merciful intervention on behalf of the three boys. |
 | | There is also a good 15th century screen at Potter Heigham and an unusual brick and pottery font from the same period, evidence of the local industry which gave Potter Heigham its name. |
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