| Title: |
Two Sculptured Stones, a Coped Coffin-cover, and Part of a Seventeenth-century Tombstone found in St Andrews.
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| Issue: |
Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland 58 |
| Series: |
Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland
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| Volume: |
58
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| Number of Pages: |
392 |
| Page Start/End: |
330 - 332 |
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| Licence Type: |
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| Publication Type: |
Journal
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| Abstract: |
The upper portion of a small Celtic cross slab was discovered in the south gable of the south transept of the Cathedral. It is much weathered and the carving on one face is almost illegible. On the unworn face the sculpturing is clear and sharp. The upper limb of the cross and both arms are covered with a doublecord interlaced pattern. The compartments above the arms are filled with a zigzag fret. There is a double square recess in the angles at the intersection of the arms. On one side there is a spiral and fret pattern; and on the other side a more open but more weathered one. The other fragment was found in the eastern cemetery. The ornament on one face is mainly spiral, but there is some fret as well. The other face shows part of the shaft of a cross and part of the left arm, which are covered with interlaced work. part of a coped-coffin cover was removed from the Abbey wall. The seventeenth-century tombstone commemorates a Margaret Taylor who died in 1636. |
| Year of Publication: |
1923
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| Subjects / Periods: |
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CEMETERY
(Monument Type England)
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| Celtic Cross Slab (Auto Detected Subject) |
| 1636 (Auto Detected Temporal) |
| Carving (Auto Detected Subject) |
| Gable (Auto Detected Subject) |
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| Source: |
ADS Archive
(ADS Archive)
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| Created Date: |
15 Dec 2013 |
