The Corpus: Winchester (Old Minster) 72

Volume 4: South-East England

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Current Display: Winchester (Old Minster) 72, Hampshire

Overview

Object type: Foliate fragment

Measurements: H. 10.5 > 3 cm (4.1 > 1.2 in); W. 18 > 4.5 cm (7.1 > 1.8 in); D. 7.5 > 2 cm (3 > 0.8 in)

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

Plate numbers in printed volume: Ill. 614

Corpus volume reference: Vol 4 p. 308

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Present Location

Winchester City Museum, Historic Resources Centre, Hyde House, Winchester, accessions no. 2943 WS 55

Evidence for Discovery

Found in archaeological excavation north of Winchester cathedral in 1965 in rubble from demolition of tenth-century east apse of Old Minster; Final Phase 64-5 (Provisional Phase 646), early twelfth-century

Church Dedication

Old Minster

Present Condition

One dressed face survives; the carved face is battered.

Description

Deeply carved foliate ornament. The stem splits into three parts. The relief is c. 2 cm deep, the background smooth.

Discussion

This piece belongs with the other Winchester style pieces from the east end of Old Minster. See Winchester (Old Minster) nos. 67–70.

Date

Late tenth century

References

Biddle and Kjølbye-Biddle forthcoming a, fig. 150, no. 73

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

Endnotes