This cult stone was created on the basis of a cross stem found in a wall in 1883 during the restoration of St. Mary & Cuthbert’s Church, County Durham in England.
The stone dates back to the 900’s where the global expansion of the Danish Vikings was at its highest.
From AD 883 to AD 995, a monastic community guarded the relics of St. Cuthberts. When the heathen arrived, the English people had been Christians for a long time and had a long sculpture tradition. As time went by, the immigrants inspired the English stone carvers to create new motifs. This part of a Christian cross with dragonheads and the inscription EADmUnD written in capital runic letters is one of the results.
Originally, the sculptures from England were painted.
It is still possible to see traces of red leaden colour on cross stems from Burnsall and Newgate in York. At the St. Paul stone, we find traces of plaster base in blue, yellow and white.
Height 75 cm
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