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Object type: Part of animal frieze [1]
Measurements: H. 18 cm (7 in); W. 35.5 cm (14 in); D. 29 cm (11.5 in)
Stone type: Coarse-/medium-grained, massive yellow sandstone
Plate numbers in printed volume: Pl. 184.1007-1010
Corpus volume reference: Vol 1 p. 189-190
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A (long): Part of a running animal enclosed in a flat-band moulding which rises at an angle between the creature's front leg and mouth. The front leg and one ear and the upper part of the body impinge on the frame. The animal seems to be a cow or calf and the characteristic shapes of its ears, oval eye and slit mouth are well conveyed. The front haunch is lightly modelled and the slightly odd appearance of the foot, which looks more like a paw than a hoof, may be due to a fault in the stone. The stone is covered by a white undercoat, presumably to receive paint (cf. 34 and Monkwearmouth 25).
B–D: Broken.
E: Roughly dressed.
This piece must clearly be considered together with 34, since the smooth-skinned running animal is so similar in style, as is the composition in which the animal impinges on the frame, and the smooth dressing of the stone to receive paint. The triangular section at the back of the stone could have been formed by its reuse, but the depth of this stone which is much greater than 34 seems to imply that it might have been set in a wall. The triangular line of the lower moulding could, however, imply that this framed some sort of small opening.
