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Photographic copies of rubbings of early medieval sculpture

551 249/700

Description Photographic copies of rubbings of early medieval sculpture

Date c. 1890 to 1903

Collection Records of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland

Catalogue Number 551 249/700

Category All Other

Scope and Content The collection comprises glass negatives of rubbings of early medieval sculpture in Scotland and the Isle of Man taken by J Romilly Allen in the course of fieldwork during the preparation of the The Early Christian Monuments of Scotland

Accession Number 2012/85

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/1317568

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Collection Level (551 249) Records of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland

> Group Level (551 249/700) Photographic copies of rubbings of early medieval sculpture

Preview Category Catalogue Number Title Date Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images E 72630 Photographic copy of rubbing showing the face of Kirriemuir no.2 Pictish cross slab. c. 1890 Item Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images E 72632 Photographic copy of two rubbings. The left rubbing shows detail of a cross slab from Mingaff and the right rubbing the face of St Vigeans no.12 cross slab. 1890 Item Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images E 72633 Photographic copy of two rubbings of Minnigaff cross slab and an unidentified carved stone. c. 1890 Item Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images E 72634 Photographic copy of two rubbings of the reverse of Forteviot no.1 cross slab and an unidentified carved stone. c. 1890 Item Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images E 72635 Photographic copy of two rubbings showing the Moone High Cross, Ireland and an unidentified stone 1890 Item Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images E 72636 Photographic copy of four rubbings showing the Apostles stone cross slab, Dunkeld Cathedral; the Kirkinner Cross and an unidentified stone c. 1890 Item Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images E 72637 Photographic copy of five rubbings showing St Matthew's Cross, Iona; Inchinnan no.2 cross slab; Rosemarkie no.4 sculptured stone and an unidentified carved stone c. 1890 Item Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images E 72638 Photograph of two rubbings showing Glenluce no.1 and Inchinnan no.2 cross slab. c. 1890 Item Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images E 72639 Photographic copy of seven rubbings showing Burghead no.2 Pictish symbol stone and a cross fragment from St Mary’s Chapel, Aberlady at the top left. The remaining carved stones are unidentified. c. 1890 Item Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images E 72647 Photographic copy of two rubbings showing details of Sueno's Stone. c. 1890 Item Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images E 72640 Photographic copy of three rubbings showing details of a grave slab from Meigle, the Boar Stone of Gask Pictish cross slab and a cross shaft from St Andrews Cathedral. c. 1890 Item Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images E 72641 Photograph of seven rubbings. -The upper left rubbing is of the reverse, and middle left rubbing is view of face of cross-slab fragment, (St Vigeans No.18), containing part of an enthroned figure holding a book in his left hand. -The bottom left rubbing is view of horsemen detail from reverse of a Pictish cross-slab fragment, (St Vigeans No.17). -The upper right rubbing shows detail from top left corner of face of a the Drosten Stone Pictish cross-slab, (St Vigeans No.1), containing winged angel figure. -The upper middle right rubbing shows detail of a Pictish cross-slab, (Forteviot No.1). -The lower middle right rubbing is view of face of a Pictish cross-slab, (St Andrews No.9), containing diaper key pattern at top and two human figures of different sizes below, the smaller within an enclosure. -The bottom right rubbing is view of face of fragment from an upright Pictish cross-slab,(St Andrews No.13), showing bottom of the shaft of a cross, devoid of ornament, resting on a plain horizontal band, forming a sort of base; and spiral-work on the background of the cross on each side of the shaft. c. 1890 Item Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images E 72642 Photographic copy of four rubbings. The left rubbing shows detail from face of cross-slab (No. 370) standing a few feet out from the wall in the north-east corner of the ruined church of Minnigaff, containing a figure of a man with only the head and none of the details of the body indicated. The upper right rubbing shows detail from lower panel of reverse of the Drosten Stone Pictish cross-slab, (St Vigeans No.1). Bearing decorative knotwork in the centre, the left of the shaft contains an extended animal seen from above, a long-necked winged dragon whose tail is twisted through its rear legs at the bottom; and the right of the shaft contains a snarling creature with claws, a beast with three sets of bristles or humps (a dromedary?), and a pair of interlaced serpents at the bottom. The middle right rubbing shows face of lower part of upright cross-slab, (St Vigeans No.12). In the centre is a cross upon an arched or hooped base, ornamented all over with interlace. The bottom right rubbing shows detail from a cross-slab, known as the 'Wigtown stone', bearing knotwork. c. 1890 Item Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images E 72643 Photographic copy of four rubbings showing St Andrews no.14 cross shaft and the Newton Stone, an ogham inscribed Pictish symbol stone. The left and right carved stones are unidentified. c. 1890 Item Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images E 72644 Photographic copy of four rubbings showing details of the Dupplin Cross, Monfieth no.4 cross shaft and the Rossie Priory Pictish cross slab. c. 1890 Item Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images E 72645 Photographic copy of four rubbings showing details of St Oran's Cross, Iona. c. 1890 Item Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images E 72646 Photographic copy of six rubbings showing details of Kirriemuir no.4, Meigle no.25 hogback stone, the St Orland’s Stone, Inchbraoch no.2 and Meigle no.29. c. 1890 Item Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images E 72651 Photographic copy of three rubbings showing an incised cross from Iona and two detail of the Barochan Cross. c. 1890 Item Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images E 72648 Photographic copy of six rubbings showing details of Pictish symbols carved on the walls of the Sliding Cave, East Wemyss. c. 1890 Item Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images E 72649 Photographic copy of six rubbings showing details of the reverse of Kirriemuir no.3 Pictish cross slab, face and reverse of Kirriemuir no.5 cross slab and Inverurie no.2 Pictish symbol stone. The middle and bottom right rubbings have not been identified. c. 1890 Item Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images E 72650 Photographic copy of six rubbings showing two details of the reverse of the St Orland’s Stone and details of St Vigeans no.16, the remaining stones have not been identified. 1890 Item Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images E 72706 Photographic copy of three rubbings. The left rubbing is showing the left side, the central rubbing is the right side and the right rubbing is the front detail of a carved stone cross, from Jordanhill, Glasgow. 1890 Item Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images E 72708 Photographic copy of rubbing showing detail of the face of Dyce no.2 Pictish cross slab. c. 1890 Item Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images E 72707 Photographic copy of four rubbings. The right two rubbings are yet to be identified. The upper left rubbing shows a Pictish carved stone fragment, 'Clatt no.2', from Clatt Churchyard, Clatt, Aberdeenshire. this fragment is currently thought to be lost. The lower right rubbing shows detail of a Pictish carved stone, originally from the wall of the burial ground at Clatt Parish Church, now found at Knockespock House, Aberdeenshire. 1890 Item Level

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