Iona Abbey museum. Carved grave-slab. Drawing copied from J Drummond, 1884 'Sculptured Monuments of Iona and the Western Isles'.

Description Iona Abbey museum. Carved grave-slab. Drawing copied from J Drummond, 1884 'Sculptured Monuments of Iona and the Western Isles'.

Collection Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

Catalogue Number SC 378471

Category On-line Digital Images

Copy of AGD 313/4B

Scope and Content Grave-slab, 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 one of the slabs in the Abbey Museum (No 75). At the top is a two-line Latin inscription, of which only + HIC IACET [NICOLAUS] (Here lies Nicolaus) survives. Below is a horseman, a dog, a harpist in a boat and intertwined plant-scrolls. The drawing was made during the 19th century by J Drummond for his work 'Sculptured monuments of Iona and the Western Highlands' (plate xxvi). The style belongs to the Iona school of carving. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/378471

File Format (TIF) Tagged Image File Format bitmap