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Object type: Part of grave-cover [1]
Measurements: L. 46 cm (18.1 in); W. 32 cm (12.6 in); D. Built in
Stone type: Medium-grained, white (10YR 8/2) grit; see no. 1.
Plate numbers in printed volume: 278
Corpus volume reference: Vol 3 p. 93
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Only one face is visible. There are remains of red pigment.
A (top): The face is divided horizontally by a central cable moulding, roughly cut. On each side is a beast-chain. The present upper panel has tightly interlocked profile beasts with double outlines. The neck and torso form convergent diagonals. The fetter bands are median-incised and have humped sections. The lower panel has a chain of interlocked and fettered profile beasts with scrolled hip-joints, and heads with incised oval eyes and triple nose-folds.
The density of the beast-chains of interlocked animals has parallels in the coped grave-cover, St Denys 2 (Ill. 213), and the shaft, Minster 2 (Ills. 12–13). The triple nose-folds and short lower jaw, as well as the detailing of the bodies, are also found there. This piece belongs to the York Metropolitan School and is similar in layout to the slab, All Saints Pavement 1 (Ill. 201). Despite its present fragmentary character, it is a cut above most sculpture from the site, in quality and in the use of animal ornament.
The cable ridge is oddly out of tune in its very low relief, compared with other Metropolitan School monuments.
