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| RecordAuthor |
Máirín Mac Carron |
| ISODate |
2002-07-18 |
| Date |
18 July 2002 |
| PictureCredit |
Jane Hawkes |
| County |
Derbyshire |
| Townland |
Bakewell |
| OSMapRef |
SK 215685 |
| Area |
England |
| GeneralContext |
Fragment of a cross-shaft. |
| Location |
South porch at Bakewell. |
| Dimensions |
the fragment is 12'' high and 16.25'' wide. |
| GeneralDescription |
This is a fragment of a cross shaft, which is thought to be Anglo-Danish (no. 12 at Bakewell). |
| GeneralDescription |
There are different forms of curvi-linear and braided designs. |
| GeneralDescription |
One of the scenes has figural sculpture and is thought to depict the Massacre of the Innocents, New Testament, Matt 2:16.
On the left the legs and lower body of one figure survive. On the right there is a figure who is swaithed in a winding sheet
except for his head. In between these two there is another figure also swaithed in a winding sheet, who is being held upside
down.
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