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Iona, Iona Abbey Museum. Plan of linear incised crosses.
AGD 527/46
Description Iona, Iona Abbey Museum. Plan of linear incised crosses.
Date c. 1970
Collection Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
Catalogue Number AGD 527/46
Category Prints and Drawings
Copies AGD 527/46 P, SC 370838, SC 370836, SC 370840, SC 370837, SC 370839, SC 370842, SC 370835
Scope and Content Incised 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 tapered slab originally had a Latin cross set within a rectangular frame. The cross had double volutes at the end of each arm and a leaf-shaped depression at the end of the shaft. Later, a simple sunken cross was carved over it. A number of early Christian cross-incised stones have been found on Iona. They were probably grave-markers, or possibly boundary-markers, with those decorated on both sides standing upright, and the rest being recumbent. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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