Iona, St Martin's Cross. View showing West face top.
SC 368638
Description Iona, St Martin's Cross. View showing West face top.
Catalogue Number SC 368638
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of AG 5216
Scope and Content Cross-slab known as St Martin's Cross, from 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 scene forms the central panel on the west face of the cross. It features the Virgin and Child surrounded by four small angels. The Child, shown in profile, sits on the Virgin's left knee. This scene is similar to one in the Book of Kells. This is the best-preserved Early Christian cross on Iona. It stands about 21 m west of the south-west angle of the Abbey's nave. Carved out of a single block of stone, it is probably named after St Martin of Tours, who was popular with the Irish church. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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