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Object type: Fragment of a carved grave-cover
Measurements: L. 29 cm (11.4 in); W. 15.7 cm (6.2 in); D. 14 cm (5.5 in)
Stone type: Very pale orange (10YR 8/2), shelly, micritic matrix supported peloidal oolite. Many hollow ooliths (200–1000µm). Peloids up to 5 mm. Shell debris up to 4 mm. Possibly Taynton Limestone Formation, Great Oolite Group, Middle Jurassic.
Plate numbers in printed volume: Ills. 304-5; Fig. 30C
Corpus volume reference: Vol 10 p. 214
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Fragment of decorated grave-cover with chamfered edge faces. Part of the main face (A) and the whole width of the chamfered face (B) survive and are separated by a rounded fillet of the same dimension as Gloucester St Oswald 5 and 6, with which the layout and detail of the ornament filling the panels are closely comparable.
A (broad): Fragmentary remains of a larger composition of intertwining two-strand scrolling stems and a leaf terminal with facetted lobes.
B (narrow): The chamfer carries the interlinked section of two two-strand running scrolls; the upper scroll with two acanthine foliate collars and a pointed and lobed leaf terminal tucked under the running stem.
The close correspondence of measurement, layout and ornamental detail with Gloucester St Oswald 5, 6 and 7 leave no doubt that St Oswald 8 belongs to the same 'family' of grave-covers, if they are not fragments of the same object which, based on the stone types, would appear to have been in two parts. The character of the stems and facetted leafwork on face A are paralleled in St Oswald 5 and 6, and further comparisons can be drawn between the interlinked scrolls, acanthine leaf collars and pointed, lobed leaf terminal on face B (the chamfered side) with the chamfers and main panel of St Oswald 5.
