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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 (complete). |
Location |
Durham Cathedral. |
Dimensions |
61.5cm (24.5'') high, 67cm (26.25'') wide, and 15.2cm (6'') thick. |
GeneralContext |
Stone type: coarse-grained, massive yellow sandstone. |
GeneralDescription |
Complete Cross head, dated to eleventh century. |
GeneralDescription |
In the centre of the head enclosed in an irregular circular roll moulding is a quadruped. Its front leg is raised. Behind
it there is a shafted cross set in a rectangular base with grooved mouldings. Above the animal's back there is a circular
feature with a small central depression. It is suggested that the animal is the 'agnus dei', the Lamb of God.
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GeneralDescription |
On the horizontal arms there are two registers of interlaced pattern. |
GeneralDescription |
In the upper arm there is a composition of two canines. Their tails are joined in a knot; their ear extensions interlink with
their pointed front legs, and their back legs coil up and over their bodies.
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GeneralDescription |
In what remains of the lower arm there is the upper half of a composition that has an animal with a canine head struggling
in the coils of a snake. The snake's jaws grip the animal's ear.
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