The Corpus: Lindisfarne 17

Volume I: County Durham and Northumberland

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Current Display: Lindisfarne 17, Northumberland

Overview

Object type: Fragment of cross-arm [1]

Measurements: H. 21 cm (8.25 in); W. 16.5 cm (6.5 in); D. 9 cm (3.5 in)

Stone type: Massive yellow sandstone

Plate numbers in printed volume: Pl. 195.1097-1098

Corpus volume reference: Vol 1 p. 200-201

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Present Location

Priory Museum, Lindisfarne

Evidence for Discovery

First noticed by Adcock (1974)

Church Dedication

No Dedication

Present Condition

Very worn

Description

Type uncertain; carving survives on two faces.

A (broad): Carved with debased interlace, possibly a form of pattern B.

B (narrow): Broken off.

C (broad): Plain.

D (narrow): The end of the arm which is very weathered seems to have interlace – half pattern A.

Discussion

Adcock compares this with the cross-arm from Tynemouth (no. 5) and sees it as the end of a Lindisfarne/ Norham tradition.

Date

Tenth century

References

Adcock 1974, 284, 286-7, pl. 138B-C

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.