Volume 4: South-East England

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Current Display: Winchester (Old Minster) 32, Hampshire Forward button Back button
Overview
Present Location
Winchester City Museum, Historic Resources Centre, Hyde House, Winchester, accessions no. 2943 WS 52
Evidence for Discovery
See no. 28.
Church Dedication
Old Minster
Present Condition
No bed faces survive; the carved surfaces are battered but clear.
Description
Two moulded surfaces meet in a right angle. The upper part of the stone appears to have been vertical. Below this there is a rounded element, 3 cm wide, above a series of receding horizontal bands.
Discussion
This is closely paralleled by Hexham, Northumberland, no. 29 (Cramp 1984, i, 188, ii, pl. 183 (997, 999)) which is seen as Roman or of the last quarter of the seventh century. The present piece was probably reused in the tenth-century eastern extension, but it may alternatively be an example of the 'Carolingian revival' of Classical forms.
Date
Seventh or tenth century
References
Biddle and Kjølbye-Biddle forthcoming a, fig. 144, no. 32
M.B.; B.K.-B.
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