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Object type: Plaque
Measurements: H. 8.9 cm (3.5 in); W. max. 8 cm (3 in); D. Built in
Stone type: Unobtainable
Plate numbers in printed volume: Pls. 366-7
Corpus volume reference: Vol 7 p. 185
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Almost square very smooth plaque lightly incised with a Crucifixion scene within an inset border, parts of which are cabled. The cross is raised on a small hillock and extends into the upper border. The arms of the figure hanging on it are stretched up to the ends of the cross-arms. The figure is haloed, wears a loin cloth and its legs are close together and straight with inturned feet. On either side of the cross are two figures with long robes and veiled heads who appear to be turning towards the central figure.
Appendix A item (stones dating from Saxo-Norman overlap period or of uncertain date).
There is no doubt that this is Christ's Crucifixion accompanied by two figures, probably Mary and John, although no details of their faces or dress survive in sufficient detail to distinguish them.
In considering the date of this piece a crucial feature is whether the feet cross over or are parallel to each other. Foster (1984) considered that they were crossed, but it is difficult to see this clearly. If the feet were crossed then it seems likely that this is a carving dating to the thirteenth century, but if they are together then it is possibly pre-Conquest. On the whole I think this must be of a post-Conquest date, but in the light of its recent loss, and the fact that it has been little studied, it has been illustrated here.
