The Corpus: Winchester (Old Minster) 38

Volume 4: South-East England

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Current Display: Winchester (Old Minster) 38, Hampshire

Overview

Object type: Fragment

Measurements: H. 8.8 > 2.5 cm (3.5 > 1 in); W. 9 > 2 cm (3.5 > 0.8 in); D. 2.3 > 0.5 cm (0.9 > 0.2 in)

Stone type: Pale creamy-yellow, medium-grained, oolitic limestone, grain-supported, the close-set ooliths having only sparse interstitial cement; Portland stone, Portland Limestone Formation, Portland Group, Upper Jurassic; Isle of Portland or Isle of Purbeck

Plate numbers in printed volume: Ill. 563

Corpus volume reference: Vol 4 p. 292

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Present Location

Winchester City Museum, Historic Resources Centre, Hyde House, Winchester, accessions no. 2943 WS 234

Evidence for Discovery

Found in archaeological excavation north of Winchester cathedral in 1964 in rubble deriving from nave of Old Minster; Final Phase 58 (Provisional Phase 835), c. 1093-4

Church Dedication

Old Minster

Present Condition

No bed face survives; the surviving carving is damaged and cracked, and there are traces of mortar overlying pink whitewash.

Description

A plain band, 3 cm wide, separates a colonnette or dentil, 2–3 cm wide, from a pattern which has a lower element, but cannot be understood.

Discussion

This small fragment is probably part of a border or string comparable to Winchester (Old Minster) nos. 36–40, 42, 44, and 47. For discussion and references, see Winchester (Old Minster) nos. 36 and 47.

Date

Seventh century or later

References

Biddle and Kjølbye-Biddle forthcoming a, fig. 145, no. 38

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

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