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Graveslab of Prioress Anna MacLean. Detail from T Pennant (1774), "A Tour of Scotland 1772", Vol I, p254, pl XXIV

SC 383052

Description Graveslab of Prioress Anna MacLean. Detail from T Pennant (1774), "A Tour of Scotland 1772", Vol I, p254, pl XXIV

Date c. 1772

Catalogue Number SC 383052

Category On-line Digital Images

Copy of AGD 527/2

Scope and Content Carved stone effigy of Prioress Anna MacLean, 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 from 1772 shows the complete effigy. In the upper panel is the figure of Anna MacLean, dressed in a cloak, pleated rochet and a cassock, and with her head supported by angels. The lower panel has the Virgin Mary with the infant Christ. The effigy was formerly in the Nunnery, but is now in the Abbey Museum. The Latin inscription reads 'Here lies Lady Anna, daughter of Donald, son of Charles, sometime Prioress of Iona, who died in the year 1543. We commend her soul to the All-Highest...'. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

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