Description
Drawing of Detail from the Southwell Lintel
Drawing of a detail from the Southwell lintel
The lintel above a door in Southwell Minster features the Archangel Michael fighting off a Norse-style ribbon beast. This drawing shows a detail of the ribbon beast. The lintel is probably an eleventh-century grave cover that was recarved and decorated in the twelfth century and placed into a new position.
Object Type
- Monumental stone
Date
- circa 1000 — 1170
Style
Material
Collection
- Viking Designs
Current Location
- Southwell Minster, Southwell, Nottinghamshire
Keywords
- decorative, drawing, grave_cover, Nottinghamshire, sculpture, stone, tympanum, Urnes
Further information
You can see the original at Southwell Minster, Southwell, Nottinghamshire.
This object is related to
Southwell, Nottinghamshire.
Find out about Southwell, Nottinghamshire.
Acknowledgements
Drawn by Adam Parsons of Blueaxe Reproductions
References
Paul Everson and David Stocker, Nottinghamshire (Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Stone Sculpture XII), Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015, pp. 182-5, 231-6.