Volume 4: South-East England
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Current Display: Winchester (Old Minster) 82, Hampshire 
Overview
Object type: Fragment
Measurements: H. 13 > 10 cm (5.1 > 3.9 in); W. 8 > 4 cm (3.1 > 1.6 in); D. 8.5 > 5 cm (3.3 > 2 in)
Stone type: Pale greyish-yellow, medium-grained, shelly, oolitic limestone, with echinoid fragments; Combe Down Oolite, Great Oolite Formation of the Bath area, Great Oolite Group, Middle Jurassic
Plate numbers in printed volume: Ills. 632-634
Corpus volume reference: Vol 4 p. 312
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Present Location
Winchester City Museum, Historic Resources Centre, Hyde House, Winchester, accessions no. 2943 WS 225
Evidence for Discovery
Found in archaeological excavation north of Winchester cathedral in 1964 in Norman rubble deriving from Old Minster baptistery; Final Phase 60-6 (Provisional Phase 1965), late eleventh- to early twelfth-century
Church Dedication
Old Minster
Present Condition
Only one dressed face survives; the carved surface is somewhat battered.
Description
An incomprehensible fragment of relief in at least three planes and on two faces set at a right angle. The lower edge is curved, while the steps above are straight.
Discussion
The stone type is identical to that of Winchester (Old Minster) no. 83, found near the present piece in the same layer. Winchester (Old Minster) no. 78 also has echinoids but was found over the tenth-century east apse. Winchester (Old Minster) nos. 82–3 may well be from the same relief. The detail, depth, and diversity of the carving would have been at least as great as that on the figural scene on Winchester (Old Minster) no. 88 (Ill. 646). Nos. 82–3 may be derived from the late tenth-century decoration of the baptistery.
Date
Late tenth century
References
Biddle and Kjølbye-Biddle forthcoming a, fig. 151, no. 83
M.B.; B.K.-B.
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