Publication drawing of Shandwick Stone Pictish cross-slab. From J Stuart, The Sculptured Stones of Scotland, i, pls.xxvi, xxvii.
SC 341231
Description Publication drawing of Shandwick Stone Pictish cross-slab. From J Stuart, The Sculptured Stones of Scotland, i, pls.xxvi, xxvii.
Collection Copies of illustrations from John Stuart, The Sculptured Stones of Scotland
Catalogue Number SC 341231
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of D 8526
Scope and Content Shandwick stone, Pictish cross-slab, Nigg, Ross and Cromarty 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. This is the back of the cross-slab. It is decorated with panels of interlace, a hunting scene, a double-disc, and a beast. Not much is known about the meaning of Pictish symbols, but they are the most important source of information about the Picts. 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.
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