The Corpus: Winchester (New Minster) 05

Volume 4: South-East England

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Current Display: Winchester (New Minster) 05, Hampshire

Overview

Object type: Fragment

Measurements: H. 7 > 2 cm (2.8 > 0.8 in); W. 12 > 7 cm (4.7 > 2.8 in); D. 2 > 0.5 cm (0.8 > 0.2 in)

Stone type: Combe Down Oolite, Great Oolite Formation of the Bath area, Great Oolite Group, Middle Jurassic

Plate numbers in printed volume: Ill. 665

Corpus volume reference: Vol 4 p. 326

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Present Location

Winchester City Museum, Historic Resources Centre, Hyde House, Winchester, accessions no. 2943 WS 3085

Evidence for Discovery

Found in archaeological excavation north of Winchester cathedral in 1963 in rubble deriving from the demolition of New Minster; Final Phase 67 (Provisional Phase 528), c. 1110

Church Dedication

New Minster

Present Condition

No bed or dressed faces survive; the moulding is battered.

Description

A flat, horizontal moulding, 1 cm wide, forms part of a curve with a large diameter. Below, there is a concave moulding over an expanding slope; above, there are traces of what may be a twisted colonette, c. 7 cm in diameter, with another element coming in from the left.

Discussion

The carving is precise, but cannot be understood.

Date

Tenth century or later

References

Biddle and Kjølbye-Biddle forthcoming a, fig. 147, no. 54

M.B.; B.K.-B.

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