Iona, general. View showing front of Abbot MacKinnon's Cross. Digital image of AG/566.
SC 369768
Description Iona, general. View showing front of Abbot MacKinnon's Cross. Digital image of AG/566.
Catalogue Number SC 369768
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of AG 566
Scope and Content Fragment of a carved cross, on 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 image shows one face of the cross-shaft. It has two circles of intertwined plant-scrolls, a Latin inscription and a ship. The inscription reads 'This is the cross of Lachlan MacKinnon and his son John Abbot of Iona, made in the year of Our Lord 1489. The cross appears to be the work of more than one sculptor. An effigy of Abbot MacKinnon lies in the choir of the abbey church. The style belongs to the Iona school of carving and it is now in the Abbey Museum (No 93). Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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