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Description: | Three-dimensional human head made from copper-alloy, from a Limoges-style crucifix. The head is rounded, but the neck is flat and cut off at an angle; the casting appears to be complete, but may have been cut down at some time as there is no means of attachment surviving. There is a faint line around the top of the head, which may represent the hair; there is no halo, nor any rivet hole for attaching one. The nose is fairly flat, with a groove on either side running down to the ends of a straight mouth. The eyes are small, circular and deeply drilled, to take inlaid glass beads which are now missing; tiny traces of gilding survive on the neck and lower cheek, and below the nose. The head is quite corroded, and only small patches of surface survive. This is probably a saint figure from the front of the crucifix. Late 12th to mid 13th century. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Temporal: | 1150
1270 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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