The Corpus: York Parliament Street 03

Volume 3: York and Eastern Yorkshire

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Current Display: York Parliament Street 03, York

Overview

Object type: Part of grave-marker, in two joining pieces

Measurements: H. 84.5 cm (33.3 in); W. 35.6 cm (14 in); D. 15.2 cm (6 in)

Stone type: Medium- to coarse-grained, feldspathic, yellow (10YR 7/6) grit; see no. 1.

Plate numbers in printed volume: 357-360

Corpus volume reference: Vol 3 p. 108

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Present Location

Yorkshire Museum, York

Evidence for Discovery

See no. 2.

Church Dedication

None

Present Condition

Very chipped, especially at edges

Description

Only the broad faces are decorated.

A (broad): There is no edge moulding. The large, long-stemmed cross is cut in low relief. Its head has angular splayed arms, type B6, wider than the stem. The lower arm has a slightly curved splay.

C (broad): Identical with face A, but in lower relief.

Discussion

The slab has a very close parallel in Minster 28 (Ills. 115–20). Both can only be dated by their contexts. Such plain cross slabs are an austere York version of the East Midlands series. The presence of carving on both broad faces suggests this may have been an upright slab in the Manx manner.

Date

Eleventh century

References

Wellbeloved 1852, 28, no. 7; Wellbeloved 1854, 33, no. 7; Wellbeloved 1858, 39, no. 7; Wellbeloved 1861, 41, no. 7; Wellbeloved 1869, 42, no. 7; Wellbeloved 1875, 48, no. 7; Wellbeloved 1881, 67, no. 5; Wellbeloved 1891, 75, no. 5; Collingwood 1909, 162, no. 5, fig. b on 163; Pattison 1973, 216, pl. XLIV, f–g

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