The Crucifixion Imagined in Stone Sculpture of the Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms /

The Crucifixion Imagined in Stone Sculpture of the Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms /

This is first full account of the most portrayed figural subject in Anglo-Saxon sculpture: the Crucifixion. It brings together in a single volume a record of every known stone depiction related to the Crucifixion from the pre-Conquest kingdoms, from South West Scotland to the tip of Cornwall, each i...

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Main Author: Coatsworth, Elizabeth (Author)

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : BRILL, 2026.

Series: Art and Material Culture in Medieval and Renaissance Europe ; 29.
Late Antiquity and Medieval Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2026.

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Archaeology.

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Call Number: N5305

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Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgements
  • List of Colour Plates
  • List of Black-and-White Plates
  • List of Tables
  • About the Author
  • Part 1 The Historical Context
  • Introduction
  • 1 The Crucifixion in History
  • 1 Biblical Sources for the Iconography of the Crucifixion of Christ
  • 2 Elements in Crucifixion Scenes Not Derived from the Four Gospel Accounts of the Event
  • 3 The Importance of Context
  • 2 Crucifixion Iconography before the Anglo-Saxons
  • 1 The Early Development of Images Which Represented the Crucifixion Symbolically: the Origins of the Chi-Rho, the crux gemmata, and Other Crosses without Christ but with Other Figures, or Symbols of Christ or His Passion
  • 2 The Crucifixion Represented by the Figure of the Lamb on the Cross
  • 3 The Iconography of the Crucified Christ
  • 4 Factors Influencing the Development of Christ Crucified before the Fourth Century
  • 5 Non-Christian Representations of Crucifixion
  • 6 The Earliest Surviving Christian Images of the Crucifixion
  • 7 The Earliest Crucifixion Images in Which Christ Appears Clearly Clothed, in a Loincloth or Robed
  • Part 2 Symbolic Crucifixions
  • Introduction
  • 3 Symbolic Crucifixions with neither the Figure of Christ nor the Lamb
  • 1 An Empty Cross Alone or a Group of Three Empty Crosses (Sometimes Called a Calvary), Signifying Calvary/Golgotha, the Site of the Crucifixion, and by Extension the Crucifixion Itself
  • 2 Cross without Christ or the Lamb Accompanied by Figures or Symbols (Other than the Crosses of the Thieves), Pertaining to the Person of Christ
  • 3 A Cross with Fivefold Elements (Symbolising the Five Wounds of Christ)
  • 4 Empty Cross Accompanied by Symbols of the Four Evangelists or Other Beasts
  • 5 Empty Cross Accompanied by the Figures of John and Mary
  • 4 The Tree(s) and the Cross
  • 1 The Tree of Life in Seventh- to Early Ninth-Century Northumbria: Sculpture, Metalwork and Embroidery
  • 2 The Tree of Life in Viking Age Sculpture in the North
  • 3 The Trees of Life and of the Knowledge of Good and Evil in Late Pre-Conquest England: Sculpture, Manuscripts, Metalwork and Embroidery
  • 5 Scenes in Which Christ Crucified Is Represented by the Lamb
  • Part 3 The Crucified Christ in Anglo-Saxon Art
  • Introduction
  • 1 The Iconography of the Figure of Christ
  • 2 Figures (Other than Christ) and Other Elements Found in Crucifixion Scene
  • 3 Distribution of Monument Types and Other Media Carrying the Iconography of the Crucifixion with Christ on the Cross to the End of the Period
  • 6 The Earliest Anglo-Saxon Crucifixion Scenes with the Figure of Christ, from the Seventh to the Early Ninth Century
  • 1 The Robed Christ in Seventh- to Ninth-Century England
  • 2 The Earliest Crucifixion Scenes in England, in Which Christ Wears the Loincloth
  • 3 The Distribution of the Iconography of the Crucifixion to the Mid-ninth Century
  • 7 The Living Christ on the Cross: Christ (Type Ci) from the Mid-ninth Century to the End of the Period
  • 1 The Return of the Robed Christ in Crucifixion Iconography
  • 2 Distribution of Group Scenes with the Type C1 Crucifixion
  • 3 Group Scenes with Christ of Type C1: with the Spear-Bearer and Sponge-Bearer, either as Lone Witnesses or with Other Figures and Symbols
  • 4 Group Scenes with Christ of Type C1. B: without Spear- and Sponge-Bearers: with Evangelists, or the Paired St John the Evangelist and the Virgin Mary, as Principal Witnesses
  • 5 Group Scenes with Christ of Type C1, with Accompanying Figures and/or Symbols, but without either the Spear- and Sponge-Bearers or St John the Evangelist and the Virgin Mary
  • 6 Scenes with Christ of Type C1 in Which Christ Appears Alone, without Supporting Figures
  • 8 Truly Man and Truly God
  • 1 Group Scenes with Type C2 or C3, whether Alone or with Other Figures and Symbols
  • 9 The Crucifixion in Anglo-Saxon England
  • Colour Plates
  • Map of Original Locations of Anglo-Saxon Depictions of the Crucifixion in Stone
  • Black-and-White Plates
  • Bibliography
  • Index.