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| RecordAuthor |
Máirín Mac Carron |
| ISODate |
2002-09-23 |
| Date |
23 September 2002 |
| PictureCredit |
Jane Hawkes |
| County |
East Yorkshire |
| Townland |
Sutton-upon-Derwent |
| OSMapRef |
SE 705465 |
| Area |
England |
| GeneralContext |
Cross Shaft fragment. |
| Location |
Church at Sutton-upon-Derwent. |
| GeneralContext |
Stone type: Fine-grained, dolomitic, white limestone. |
| Dimensions |
60cm (23.6'') high, 41.5cm to 39.5cm (16.4'' to 15.6'') wide, and 34.5cm to 32cm (13.6'' to 12.6'') thick. |
| GeneralDescription |
Cross Shaft fragment, dated to the late tenth or mid eleventh century. |
| GeneralDescription |
The shaft fragment has a single panel with a large frontally posed Virgin Mary and Child. Her head is missing. Mary's feet
are on a horizontal rectangular cushion. She has a voluminous skirt carved in twelve vertical folds. She has a collar or necklace
consisting of five pear-shaped elements.
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| GeneralDescription |
The Child is sitting on her lap, almost slipping from her grasp. Her left hand holds his back and her right hand holds his
left leg. His arms are raised and his fingers are extended.
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