The Corpus: Isel 02a-b

Volume 2: Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire-North-of-the-Sands

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Current Display: Isel 02a-b, Cumberland

Overview

Object type: Part of cross-shaft

Measurements:

Stone a: H. 48 cm (19 in); W. 40 > 38 cm (15.75 > 15 in); D. 15.5 cm (6 in)
Stone b: H. 48 cm (19 in); W. 41 > 40 cm (16 > 15.75 in); D. 16 cm (6.25 in)

Stone type: Medium-grained yellow sandstone (Carboniferous)

Plate numbers in printed volume: 377 - 8, 384 - 9

Corpus volume reference: Vol 2 p. 119

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Present Location

In church

Evidence for Discovery

First recorded in 1889 when stone b built into west wall of porch, though a publication of 1888 may refer to stone a. Both probably found during restoration of church in 1878 (Calverley 1888f, 166; idem 1891c, 231, 235; Collingwood 1924b, 353)

Church Dedication

St Michael

Present Condition

Fragment b has had faces C and D cut away; otherwise good

Description

The two fragments form non-adjacent parts of the same shaft, one continuous panel decorating each face on the surviving pieces. Fragment a preserves, wholly or in part, a plain border marking the top of the shaft on three faces; the ornament on all sides is bordered laterally by a flat-band moulding.

A (broad): Spiral-scroll with quasi-foliate forms, the outline pocked and less heavily worked on fragment b.

B (narrow): Three-strand plain stopped-plait.

C (broad): Spiral-scroll with quasi-foliate forms.

D (narrow): Three-strand plain stopped-plait.

Discussion

Spiral-scroll school (Introduction, pp. 33–8).

Date

Tenth to eleventh century

References

Calverley 1888f, 166; Calverley 1891c, 231, 235, fig. VI; Calverley 1899a, 213, 297, pls. facing 60 and 213; Collingwood 1901a, 261; Collingwood 1909, 194; Scott 1920, 120; Collingwood 1923c, 247; Collingwood 1924b, 353–4; Collingwood 1927a, 147; Fair 1950, 98; Bailey 1974a, I, 47–80, II, 164–5, pls.

Endnotes