Bury Saint Edmunds
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Bury Saint Ed·munds
(ĕd′məndz) A town of east-central England east of Cambridge. In 903 the remains of King Edmund were interred in the town's monastery (founded c. 630), which became a famous shrine and Benedictine abbey.
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The history of Hoving's acquisitions for the institution, beginning with the magnificent
Bury Saint Edmunds cross--an intricate carving in the medium of walrus ivory, which he chased down and purchased for the Cloisters--led to his appointment as curator of the department of medieval art at the Met in 1965; and the program of spectacular exhibitions that he designed or endorsed as the museum's director provided him with an outlet for the P.
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