Talk:The Holy Sepulchre, Northampton

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This article was created to correct the link from the Northampton article, which directed 'The Holy Sepulchre' to the church in Jerusalem.

As far as I know there is no contemporary written evidence about the building of the Holy Sepulchre in Northampton, or its attribution to Simon de Senlis. However this article follows the arguments of Cox and Serjeantson written at the end of the nineteenth century.

It is known Simon de Senlis went on a crusade, but it is not known whether he actually reached Jerusalem and saw the Holy Sepulchre there for himself.

I think though the arguments are plausible, and comparison between the Holy Sepulchre, Northampton, and the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem, and the Holy Sepulchre, Cambridge, are sufficient to be encyclopedic. Simon Webb 14:50, 22 March 2006 (UTC)

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I saw this strange triangular carving at the weekend. The standard story seems to be that it is some man being attacked by a dragon. On looking closer via http://www.crsbi.ac.uk/search/location/northampton*/site/imagePopup/ed-nh-nhhsc/t25465.html I note that the large male figure is holding a hammer. This got me thinking about Thor. There is a story that Thor had several battles with the Midgard Serpant, Jörmungandr. At Ragnorak Thor will kill the serpent with his hammer yet die from its poisonous breath. There is also a story of Thor going fishing with a giant, Hymir. In this, Thor hooks the great serpent, which snaps at his head. Before Thor can kill it with his hammer, Hymir cuts the line and the serpent escapes. There is a second figure in the carving - although rather small to be a giant. I wonder if the Vikings were ever close enough to Northampton to leave such a carving and if it could get into this church later. Myrvin (talk) 09:31, 16 September 2010 (UTC)