The Corpus: Cross Canonby 02

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

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Current Display: Cross Canonby 02, Cumberland

Overview

Object type: Part of cross-head

Measurements: H. 22 cm (8.75 in); W. 47.5 cm (18.75 in); D. 19 cm (7.5 in)

Stone type: Medium-grained yellow sandstone (Carboniferous)

Plate numbers in printed volume: 227 - 8, 230 - 1

Corpus volume reference: Vol 2 p. 88

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Present Location

Church porch, inside

Evidence for Discovery

Found amongst rubble of church wall during restoration work in 1880 (Bower 1881, 152); wall claimed as Norman by Collingwood (1913a, 171)

Church Dedication

St John

Present Condition

Heavily worn; damaged on face C

Description

Cross-head, probably of type B10. On A, C and D the ornament is framed by a roll moulding, on B by a double roll moulding.

A (broad): Cruciform head-pattern, type 2b, (Fig. 7), surrounded by spiral-scroll.

B (narrow): Relief decoration of unidentifiable type (possibly a vertical row of pellets).

C (broad): An encircled central boss is flanked by vestigial traces of spiral-scroll.

D (narrow): Possible traces of stopped-plait

Discussion

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

Date

Tenth to eleventh century

References

Bower 1881, 152, fig. VI; Calverley 1891c, 231, 234, fig. VI; Calverley 1899a, 109, 298, pl. facing 60; Collingwood 1899–1901, 324; Collingwood 1901a, 259; Collingwood 1901c, 292; Collingwood 1903a, 388; Collingwood 1913a, 171; Marsh 1913, 259; Scott 1920, 87; Collingwood 1923c, 246; Collingwood 1927a, 95; Fair 1950, 97; Bailey 1974a, I, 47–80, II, 87–8, pls.

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