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Object type: Part of cross-shaft [1]
Measurements: H. 47.5 cm (18.7 in); W. 31 > 25.5 cm (12.2 > 10 in); D. 16.5 cm (6.5 in)
Stone type: Medium-grained (with subangular grains) yellow-brown (10YR 4/6) sandstone; see no. 1.
Plate numbers in printed volume: 688-689
Corpus volume reference: Vol 3 p. 185-186
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A (broad): A flat edge moulding runs up each side of the tapering shaft. Within it is a modelled roll moulding. Within the panel is a frontally depicted seated figure. The legs are foreshortened (the feet missing) and the thighs swollen. Two vertical elements appear on either side of the left-hand leg. Across the figure's waist is a belt cut in relief from which a knife is slung, its scabbard caught up by a thong to the belt. On the right of the legs is an axe, its splayed blade turned inwards. The shoulders of the man are in a raised band and no arms are apparent. Above the shoulders are two large pellets.
The head of the figure, which is pointed at the crown, has incised eyes and nose in a continuous line and incised eyebrows. A forked beard is cut in relief.
B (narrow): Scabbled.
C (broad): Not visible.
D (narrow): The left-hand edge is cut away. There is a flat edge moulding with a thinner strip within it. The panel is filled with three-strand plain plait. The strands are very broad, and double-incised.
See the portrait of Middleton 2. The analysis by Bailey (1978) has demonstrated that the same template was used for both monuments. The forked beard also appears on the Kirkdale Crucifix (no. 1) and on Old Malton 1; this seems a cruder version. The contoured plait is unusual in the area. The mouldings are not the cables of Collingwood's drawings (1907, figs. c–d on 370).
