Monymusk cross-slab. From J Stuart, The Sculptured Stones of Scotland, vol. i, 1856, plate viii. Filed under NJ71NW 12.
SC 341208
Description Monymusk cross-slab. From J Stuart, The Sculptured Stones of Scotland, vol. i, 1856, plate viii. Filed under NJ71NW 12.
Date 1856
Collection Copies of illustrations from John Stuart, The Sculptured Stones of Scotland
Catalogue Number SC 341208
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of D 8508
Scope and Content Pictish cross-slab at Monymusk, Aberdeenshire Dr John Stuart was the founder of The Spalding Club, Aberdeen, which was formed to record the history of the North East. In 1856 he published 'The Sculptured Stones of Scotland'. It contained detailed drawings of the Pictish Stones. The carvings on this cross-slab consist of a cross, a disc and double-ring and a stepped rectangle symbol. Very little is known about what the symbols mean in Pictish art. The Picts were a people living in Scotland north of the Forth and Clyde. They were known as Picts - 'painted ones' - from the 3rd century. We know nothing of their pagan religion, but they converted to Christianity in the 6th-7th centuries. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/341208
File Format (TIF) Tagged Image File Format bitmap
Attribution: © Courtesy of HES. Illustration from 'Sculptured Stones of Scotland'
Licence Type: Educational
You may: copy, display, store and make derivative works [eg documents] solely for licensed personal use at home or solely for licensed educational institution use by staff and students on a secure intranet.
Under these conditions: Display Attribution, No Commercial Use or Sale, No Public Distribution [eg by hand, email, web]
