The Anglo-Saxon coffin : further investigations

Author

Cronyn, J. M.; Horie, C. V.

Document type

Article (acte de congrès)

Language

English

Conference title

St. Cuthbert, his cult and his community to AD 1200

Author (monograph)

Bonner, Gerald (Editor, Collective Author); Rollason, David (Editor, Collective Author); Stancliffe, Clare (Editor, Collective Author)

Source

St. Cuthbert, his cult and his community to AD 1200. 1989, 247-256, ill.

Publisher

Boydell, Woodbridge, Suffolk (gbr)

Publication country

United Kingdom

Abstract (en)

Reports on studies of fragments of the wooden coffin of S. Cuthbert dating from 698 (Durham, cathedral). Dendrochronological examination and radiocarbon testing dates the felling of the tree from which the coffin was made in the range of 420-1170, therefore failing to confirm the Anglo-Saxon date of the coffin by these means. Describes the recent research done on engraved and inscribed fragments and attempts to piece them together to form coffin panels; similar work has been done on an incised cross panel, which was probably part of the coffin.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 300-1400 -- Decorative arts -- Other media and forms -- United Kingdom
• Coffins
• Great Britain
• 600-700
• Cuthbert, S., bishop of Lindisfarne, d.687
• Christ and the Blessed Virgin (cathedral)||Durham (GBR)
• Dendrochronology
• Radiocarbon dating
• Wood
• Sepulchral monuments
• Tomb of S. Cuthbert

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 300-1400 -- Arts décoratifs -- Autres formes d'art -- Royaume-Uni
• Cercueil
• Grande-Bretagne
• 600-700
• Cuthbert, saint, évêque de Lindisfarne, m.687
• Christ and the Blessed Virgin (cathédrale)||Durham (GBR)
• Dendrochronologie
• Radiocarbone
• Bois
• Monument funéraire
• Tombeau de saint Cuthbert

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19940701-00344453

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