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Object type: Fragment of cross-shaft(?)[1]
Measurements: H. 15.2 cm (6 in); W. 10.2 cm (4 in); D. 5.1 cm (2 in)
Stone type: Unobtainable
Plate numbers in printed volume: 7—10
Corpus volume reference: Vol 3 p. 57
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Only one face is carved.
The edge moulding turns and is flat. Within the panel is a beast's foot cut in low relief. The ankle is bent. One toe is wide and three are thin. The recessed background is covered with white gesso, surmounted by red pigment (haematite).
Crude carving suggests that is second class work compared with no. 2. The carved motif seems to have stood out against the painted and plastered background.
1. All the pieces from the Minster were discovered as a result of the excavations of 1966-71 by H. Ramm and D. Phillips. They are to be published as a handlist, together with a critical essay, in the forthcoming Royal Commission volume on the excavations. That publication will provide the finer detail of their archaeological contexts, both in a table, and in a description of the excavation of the south transept cemetery.
The following are general references to the stones: Wilson 1978, 142; Hall 1980b, 7, 21; Lang 1988b, 8, 12; Lang 1989, 5.
