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Description: | Late medieval copper alloy roundel from a processional cross of 15th century dateThe roundel is near-complete and is of sub-circular form (with a diameter of 36.3 - 39.6mm and a weight of 20.8g) with openwork decoration depicts a bird (eagle) facing left, with wings folded. The ends of the wings have cast ridges and elsewhere the feathers are depicted by incised crossing arcs. The left wing is joined to the bird's beak and the ground or branch in a continuous arc of the outside edge. The right wing abuts the back of the bird's head and ends before the tail feathers, although the end of the wing may be damaged. Details of the bird's feet and head are moulded. The front surface is slightly domed (with a thickness of 5.7mm). The rear of the roundel is slightly irregular with a raised outline around the edges. At the centre is an integral circular rivet (4.8mm diameter) for attachment to the cross. The end of the rivet has been lost giving an overall surviving depth of 7.9mm). The surface has a pale green patina.The roundel depicting an eagle, symbolising St John the Evangelist and the roundel would originally been one of the four evangelist symbols on the ends of the cross, with St John usually depicted at the top of the upright section of the cross. This roundel can be very closely paralleled with an example fixed to a processional cross from the vicinity of Llangynllo, Powys (Redknap, 2004, p 22-23, fig 4h). A similar parallel can be found on the St Mary's presbytery cross (ibid.) and others. The roundel may have been lost during the reformation.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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