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| RecordAuthor |
Máirín Mac Carron |
| ISODate |
2002-09-12 |
| Date |
12 September 2002 |
| PictureCredit |
Jane Hawkes |
| County |
Durham. |
| Townland |
Jarrow. |
| OSMapRef |
NZ 345655 |
| Area |
England |
| GeneralContext |
Incomplete architectural sculpture. |
| Location |
Jarrow Church. |
| Dimensions |
41.9cm (16.5'') in height, 29.2cm (11.5'') in width, (built into wall). |
| GeneralContext |
Stone type: Medium-grained yellow sandstone. |
| GeneralDescription |
Part of a frieze, dated to the early eighth century. |
| GeneralDescription |
This fragment shows a scroll inhabited by two birds. The plant-scroll is a tree-scroll. The birds perch on the uppermost volutes.
The one on the left is shown in profile with its beak open to peck at the fruit. The bird on the right is nearly frontal,
its head is missing.
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