Publication drawing; Iona, carved stone, 'Abbey Museum 96', Inventory No.6, 200.
AGD 946/8
Description Publication drawing; Iona, carved stone, 'Abbey Museum 96', Inventory No.6, 200.
Collection Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
Catalogue Number AGD 946/8
Category Prints and Drawings
Copies SC 376575, AGD 946/8 P
Scope and Content Carved stone effigy, 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 is a slightly tapering slab with bevelled edges. It bears a very worn, incised figure of an abbot wearing a low-pointed mitre and carrying a crozier in his left hand. There was an inscription above the figure, but it has been eroded away. The slab was formerly in Reilig Odhrain and is now in the Abbey Museum (No 70). It belongs to the Iona School of carving styles. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
Scale 1:10
External Reference Inv. fig. 230
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