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St Martin within Ludgate - font and pelican in her piety
THE FONT under the organ gallery is inscribed in Greek: NIYON ANOMHMA MH MONAN OYIN = 'cleanse my sin not only my face'. The palindrome (reading the same backwards and forwards) is found in several other English and European churches. The carved oak cover hangs on a counterweight. The pedestal is wood painted to simulate stone.
THE PELICAN IN HER PIETY nearby is a parable in nature. As she feeds her young with blood drawn from her breast, so Jesus feeds his church with his body in the Eucharist.
St Martin within Ludgate - font and pelican in her piety
THE FONT under the organ gallery is inscribed in Greek: NIYON ANOMHMA MH MONAN OYIN = 'cleanse my sin not only my face'. The palindrome (reading the same backwards and forwards) is found in several other English and European churches. The carved oak cover hangs on a counterweight. The pedestal is wood painted to simulate stone.
THE PELICAN IN HER PIETY nearby is a parable in nature. As she feeds her young with blood drawn from her breast, so Jesus feeds his church with his body in the Eucharist.