Iona, St Mary's Abbey, St John's Cross. View of W face showing detail of panel at base of shaft.
SC 378434
Description Iona, St Mary's Abbey, St John's Cross. View of W face showing detail of panel at base of shaft.
Catalogue Number SC 378434
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of AGD 527/71 P
Scope and Content Cross-slab known as St John'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 drawing shows the detail carved on the lower panel of the shaft on the west face of the cross. It features a series of paired bosses arranged into a cross-shape. In the angles are further pairs of bosses, connected by curved lines (peltae). This ringed cross stood 4.8 m west of 'St Columba's Shrine', but has now been placed inside. It comprised eight separate sections fitted together with mortice-and tenon joins. A replica stands on the original spot. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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