Iona, Iona Abbey museum. View of effigy of an unknown armoured man.
SC 368637
Description Iona, Iona Abbey museum. View of effigy of an unknown armoured man.
Collection Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
Catalogue Number SC 368637
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of AG 8939
Scope and Content Carved stone effigy, from Iona, Argyll and Bute Iona is one of the most important religious sites in Scotland. The earliest community was formed by St Columba who came over from Ireland around AD 563. This was replaced by the Benedictine Abbey and Augustinian Nunnery in around AD 1200. This slightly-tapering slab bears the effigy of a man in armour. He has a padded aketon, a mail coif and a bascinet. His right hand grasps the hilt of the sword at his waist, and his left rests on the scabbard. His head rests on a pillow. The slab was formerly in Reilig Odhrain, but is now in the Abbey Museum (No 101). An inscription reads '...of Lachlan...and Mael-Sechlainn O Cuinn, mason, fashioned it'. The style belongs to the Iona school of carving. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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