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RecordAuthor |
Máirín Mac Carron |
ISODate |
2002-07-30 |
Date |
30 July 2002 |
PictureCredit |
Jane Hawkes |
County |
Durham |
Townland |
Durham |
OSMapRef |
NZ 275425 |
Area |
England |
GeneralContext |
Cross head fragment. |
Location |
Durham Cathedral. |
Dimensions |
55.2cm (21.75'') high, 52cm (20.5'') wide, and 16cm (6.25'') thick. |
GeneralContext |
Stone type: coarse-grained, massive yellow/grey sandstone. |
GeneralDescription |
Cross head fragment, dated to second quarter of eleventh century. |
GeneralDescription |
In the centre there is a Crucifixion scene, surrounded by the remains of a circular roll moulding. The figure of Christ is
frontal. He is wearing a knee-length tunic. Below the cross arms there are two three-quarter length frontal figures. They
both have haloes and both are holding books.
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GeneralDescription |
On the right arm is a pair of crossed ribbon animals with canine heads. |
GeneralDescription |
On the lower arm there are the figures of a man and a bird. The bird is standing on what appear to be human legs and feet,
and is looking down at the man who is bent in the curve of a branch and holding the trunk of a tree that is between them.
He is wearing a short pleated garment and his head is bent back.
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