The Layer monument is an early 17th-century polychrome marble mural monument erected in the memory of the lawyer Christopher Layer (1531–1600), and located in the Church of Saint John the Baptist, Norwich.
Marble polychrome monument circa 1600 with Northern Mannerist style figurines.
"The Philosophers' Stone" from Alchemia (1606) by Andreas Libavius
Saint John the Baptist, Maddermarket, Norwich
The Church of St John the Baptist, Maddermarket, is a redundant Anglican church in the city of Norwich, Norfolk, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building, and is in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.
Church of St John the Baptist, Maddermarket
Interior showing the baldachin over the altar and the east window
The Layer Monument: a marble polychrome mural monument circa 1600, on the south aisle of the west wall of the church.