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Object type: Grave-cover [1]
Measurements: L. 120.5 cm (47.5 in); W. 43 > 38 cm (17 > 15 in); D. 15 cm (6 in)
Stone type: Medium-grained, white to pale brown (10YR 8/2–8/3) grit; see no. 1.
Plate numbers in printed volume: 280-281, 284
Corpus volume reference: Vol 3 p. 92
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Only the upper surface is decorated.
A (top): The perimeter has a double cabled edge moulding. Within, a long stemmed plain cross, type A1, divides the face into four panels. The two upper panels contain short runs of four-strand plain plait, using median-incised strands, roughly carved. The pair of long panels below each contain a changing pattern of three units, separated by long glides. In the middle is a free ring and long diagonals, and, at either end, a pattern F element with included U-bends. The lower left one is bungled. The strands are median-incised.
This may be compared with Minster 41 (Ill. 171). Both pieces mark a return to old interlace patterns in favour of zoomorphic designs. The cutting is inexpert on both, though the double cable moulding is adventurous. This type of slab may be the York version of the East Midlands cross-slabs which are more complex in their cross-form but have the same kind of small interlace pattern (compare Colyer 1976).
