Excerpt of drawing showing cross fragment (Inventory No. 6, 217)
SC 383475
Description Excerpt of drawing showing cross fragment (Inventory No. 6, 217)
Date c. 1977
Collection Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
Catalogue Number SC 383475
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of AGD 946/7
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 drawing shows the upper arm of a free-standing cross. Set within a moulded border on one face was a the figure of an abbot or bishop. The figure wears a mitre and carries a crozier. His right hand is raised in blessing. The reverse face was blank. This fragment of cross-slab resembles an example from Kirkapoll, Tiree (now at Inveraray), which was also a product of the Iona school of carving. The stone is now lost. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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