Aberdeen, Chanonry, St Machar's Cathedral Detail of late Romanesque cross-head
SC 439287
Description Aberdeen, Chanonry, St Machar's Cathedral Detail of late Romanesque cross-head
Catalogue Number SC 439287
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of AB 3002
Scope and Content Late Romanesque cross-head, St Machar's Cathedral, Aberdeen St Machar's Cathedral is probably the fourth church on this site. The cross-head has been in St Machar's since at least 1909. It may have once surmounted a girth cross which marked the boundary of sanctuary around the cathedral and bishop's palace. The cross-head was probably made between 1185 and 1215 and can be described as late Romanesque. The stylised foliage, the scalloped central recess and the use of pellets or discs are characteristic of other Romanesque crosses which survive in Britain. Carved in pink sandstone, the cross is so similar in size and design to one in Co Durham that it is almost certain that the same specialist mason made both objects. The cross is missing its lowest arm and was probably damaged during the Reformation. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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