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| RecordAuthor | Máirín Mac Carron |
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| ISODate | 2002-07-30 |
| Date | 30 July 2002 |
| PictureCredit | Jane Hawkes |
| County | Durham |
| Townland | Durham |
| OSMapRef | NZ 275425 |
| Area | England |
| GeneralContext | Cross head fragment. |
| Location | Durham Cathedral. |
| Dimensions | 55.2cm (21.75'') high, 52cm (20.5'') wide, and 16cm (6.25'') thick. |
| GeneralContext | Stone type: coarse-grained, massive yellow/grey sandstone. |
| GeneralDescription | Cross head fragment, dated to second quarter of eleventh century. |
| GeneralDescription | In the centre there is a Crucifixion scene, surrounded by the remains of a circular roll moulding. The figure of Christ is frontal. He is wearing a knee-length tunic. Below the cross arms there are two three-quarter length frontal figures. They both have haloes and both are holding books. |
| GeneralDescription | On the right arm is a pair of crossed ribbon animals with canine heads. |
| GeneralDescription | On the lower arm there are the figures of a man and a bird. The bird is standing on what appear to be human legs and feet, and is looking down at the man who is bent in the curve of a branch and holding the trunk of a tree that is between them. He is wearing a short pleated garment and his head is bent back. |