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Title
Cardinal George Basil Hume (1923–1999)
Date
2002
Medium
bronze & sandstone
Measurements
H 300 x W (?) x D (?) cm (E)
Accession number
NE1_SD_S049
Acquisition method
commissioned by Newcastle City Council and people of Newcastle
Work type
Statue
Owner
Newcastle City Council
Custodian
Newcastle City Council
Work status
extant
Unveiling date
7th May 2002
Access
at all times
Inscription description
plaque: THE BASIL HUME MEMORIAL GARDEN / THIS STATUE AND MEMORIAL GARDEN WERE UNVEILED ON 7 MAY 2002 BY / HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN / IN THE YEAR OF HER MAJESTY'S GOLDEN JUBILEE // CARDINAL BASIL HUME OSB, 1923–1999, Bendedicine monk and Abbot of Ampleforth, / Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster and a favourite son of Tyneside was born George Hume / in Newcastle the city for which he retained a lifelong affection. This statue and garden were / commissioned by the Council and people of Newcastle to celebrate Basil Hume's life and / work. The garden reflects Cardinal Hume's particular attachment for the holy landscape of / Northumbria and the Northern saints from which he drew spiritual inspiration. Featured are / the shapes of Holy Island, Lindesfarne and Inner Farne, the remote island where the first / monk-bishops of Lindesfarne lived as hermits. The test is the seventh-century Caedmon’s / Hymn, the earliest Christian poem in Old English (Northumbrian), the translation was an / inspiration for the design of the garden. The boulders are from the shorelines of holy Island / and Inner Farne, below is a stone from Ambleforth Abbey. Basil Hume's moderate home. // Statue and Memoria Garden designed by sculptor Nigel Boonham; plaque on boulder: It is meet that we worship the Warden of heaven / The might of the Maker, His purpose of mind, / The Glory-Father's work when all His wonders / Eternal God made a beginning. / He earliest stablished for earth's children / Heaven's for a roof, the Holy Shaper; / Then mankind's Warden created the world, / Eternal Monarch, making for men / Land to live on, Almighty Lord!
Neville Street, Newcastle upon Tyne
NE1 5HH
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