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S face of cross, detail of middle section.
SC 449867
Description S face of cross, detail of middle section.
Date 29/4/1999
Catalogue Number SC 449867
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of D 46808 CN
Scope and Content Ruthwell Cross, Ruthwell Parish Church, Dumfriesshire The Angles of Northumbria had been converted to Christianity by Irish monks led by Aidan and sent from Iona to Lindisfarne in 635 AD. In 664 AD Northumbrian bishops and abbots brought over continental stonemasons who introduced Mediterranean traditions. This face shows Christ being worshipped by beasts in the desert and the hermit saints, Paul and Anthony, breaking bread. The figures are carved in a Classical style and there are Latin inscriptions around the panels. Constructed from two blocks of local sandstone, the cross is probably the most important sculptural survival of Anglo-Saxon Britain. Free-standing stone crosses were unknown in Early Christian art until they were devised in Northumbria. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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