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Object type: Cross-head [1] [2]
Measurements: H. 37.8 cm (14.9 in) W. 32.3 cm (12.7 in) D. 11.7 > 4.5 cm (4.6 > 1.8 in)
Stone type: As Stainton 1 (St Peter and St Paul). Perhaps this cross-head should be considered with no. 1.
Plate numbers in printed volume: Ills. 768–72
Corpus volume reference: Vol 6 p. 204-205
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A plate-head, with recessed plain disc. The cross-arms, type B6, are wedge-shaped with broad V-shaped arm-pits.
A (broad) : The cross has a narrow plain edge moulding. In the centre is a domed boss, surmounting a Crucifixion. Christ's head and sloping shoulders fill the upper limb; broad three-fingered hands with prominent thumbs occupy the lateral limbs; and legs, astride, are in the lower arm.
B and D (narrow) : Plain.
C (broad) : The cross has a plain narrow perimeter moulding. In the centre is a less prominent domed boss, and the arms are filled by debased, median-incised twist in flat strand.
E (top) : A ridge runs across the arm-tip, linking the broad faces.
The Crucifixion, though very stylised, has Irish characteristics: for example, its position and the large hands. The spread legs demonstrate an un-nailed type. Compare with Thornton Steward 1 (Ills. 788–9) and Thornton Watlass 1 (Ill. 812).
[1] The following are general references to the Stainton stones: Lofthouse 1896–8, 17; Morris, J. 1904, 361–2, 420; Collingwood 1908, 120; Morris, J. 1931, 362, 417; Mee 1941, 227; Brown, M. 1979, 44; Horton 1979, 159; Daniels 1995, 81.
[2] The following is an unpublished manuscript reference to no. 7: BL Add. MS 37552 no. XIV, item 785 (Romilly Allen collection).
