St Andrews Cathedral, museum, stone no 3. Side panel of sarcophagus. From J Stuart, The Sculptured Stones of Scotland, i, pl. xliii.
D 8562
Description St Andrews Cathedral, museum, stone no 3. Side panel of sarcophagus. From J Stuart, The Sculptured Stones of Scotland, i, pl. xliii.
Date 1856
Collection Copies of illustrations from John Stuart, The Sculptured Stones of Scotland
Catalogue Number D 8562
Category Photographs and Off-line Digital Images
Copies SC 342330
Scope and Content Sarcophagus at St Andrews Cathedral, St Andrews, Fife This sarcophagus is in the museum at St Andrews Cathedral. It is the finest example of Pictish sculpture in Scotland. It consisted of four panels that slotted into corner-posts. It was possibly used as a shrine or reliquary. This is a drawing of one of the end panels which appeared in John Stuart's 1856 publication 'The Sculptured Stones of Scotland'. It shows a cross decorated with interlace. Surrounding it are two pairs of monkeys and two sets of bosses and serpents. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
External Reference Stuart, i, pl.xliii
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