Jarrow, Anglo-Saxon inscribed slab
Jarrow, Anglo-Saxon inscribed slab
HER Number
1207
District
S Tyneside
Site Name
Jarrow, Anglo-Saxon inscribed slab
Place
Jarrow
Map Sheet
NZ36NW
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
Site Type: Broad
Grave Marker
Site Type: Specific
Grave Slab
General Period
EARLY MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Early Medieval 410 to 1066
Form of Evidence
Find
Description
Inscribed slab in medium-grained yellow sandstone. Unworn, with incomplete Latin inscription in Anglo-Saxon capitals. Roll moulding on the only complete edge. 19.7 cm high x 21.6 cm wide x 9.5 cm deep. Late 7th century-early 8th century, found in December 1782 when taking down the nave walls.
Easting
433880
Northing
565220
Grid Reference
NZ433880565220
Sources
<< HER 1207 >> J. Brand, 1789, History of Newcastle, II, 64
M.A. Richardson, 1842, Local Historian's Table Book, Historical Division, II, 293
J. Stuart, 1867, Sculptured Stones of Scotland, II, 65, pl. cxvi.3
J.R. Boyle, 1880, On the monastery and church pf St. Paul, Jarrow, Archaeologia Aeliana, 2, X, 201 and fig.
G.F. Browne, 1886, On inscriptions at Jarrow and Monkwearmouth, Archaeologia Aeliana, 2, XI, 28-30 and fig.
Illustration H.E. Savage, 1900, Jarrow church and monastery, Archaeologia Aeliana, 2, XXII, fig. on 45
E. Okasha, 1971, Hand-list of Anglo-Saxon Non-runic Inscriptions, 86, pl. 62
J. Higgitt, 1979, The dedication inscription at Jarrow and its context, Antiquaries Journal, LIX, 361-2, 363-4, pl. 65A
R.J. Cramp & R. Miket, 1982, Catalogue of the Anglo-Saxon and Viking Antiquities, no. 56
R.J. Cramp, 1984, Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Stone Sculpture, Vol. I, Part 1, p. 112, pl. 95 (514-17) (Jarrow 14)
M.A. Richardson, 1842, Local Historian's Table Book, Historical Division, II, 293
J. Stuart, 1867, Sculptured Stones of Scotland, II, 65, pl. cxvi.3
J.R. Boyle, 1880, On the monastery and church pf St. Paul, Jarrow, Archaeologia Aeliana, 2, X, 201 and fig.
G.F. Browne, 1886, On inscriptions at Jarrow and Monkwearmouth, Archaeologia Aeliana, 2, XI, 28-30 and fig.
Illustration H.E. Savage, 1900, Jarrow church and monastery, Archaeologia Aeliana, 2, XXII, fig. on 45
E. Okasha, 1971, Hand-list of Anglo-Saxon Non-runic Inscriptions, 86, pl. 62
J. Higgitt, 1979, The dedication inscription at Jarrow and its context, Antiquaries Journal, LIX, 361-2, 363-4, pl. 65A
R.J. Cramp & R. Miket, 1982, Catalogue of the Anglo-Saxon and Viking Antiquities, no. 56
R.J. Cramp, 1984, Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Stone Sculpture, Vol. I, Part 1, p. 112, pl. 95 (514-17) (Jarrow 14)