The Corpus: Lindisfarne 15a

Volume I: County Durham and Northumberland

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Current Display: Lindisfarne 15a, Northumberland

Overview

Object type: Fragment of cross-arm [1]

Measurements: H. 17.8 cm (7 in); W. 20.3 cm (8 in); D. 5 cm (2 in)

Stone type: Medium-grained, massive, micaceous yellow sandstone

Plate numbers in printed volume: Pl. 195.1095-1096

Corpus volume reference: Vol 1 p. 200

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Present Location

Priory Museum, Lindisfarne

Evidence for Discovery

Found before 1924, probably in excavations by C. R. Peers

Church Dedication

No Dedication

Present Condition

Fragmentary but unworn

Description

One face only surviving.

A (Broad): Cross shape possibly D9, A close, thick, punch-outlined interlace, forming one closed circuit long loop which could be related to closed circuit pattern D, is framed by a flat-band moulding.

Discussion

This could be the head for shaft fragment 9, but not enough survives for a definite statement.

Date

Tenth century

References

Peers 1923-4, 269; Adcock 1974, 284, 286, pl. 138A

Endnotes

1. The following are general references to the Lindisfarne stones: (—) 1855-7e, 275; (—) 1869-79c, viii; Rivoira 1933, 153; Elliott 1959; 81; Henry 1965, 158; Coatsworth 1981, 25.