Stiffleaf's photos with the keyword: runes

carlisle cathedral

03 Oct 2016 187
c12 graffiti in runes in the south transept

carlisle cathedral

03 Oct 2016 182
c12 graffiti in runes in the south transept

jellinge stone, london copy

09 Feb 2011 142
round the back of what was built as the removed st.katherine's hospital, and is now the danish church in regent's park is this copy of the danish stone known for its mixture of pagan and christian imagery. the ribbon like flatness of the intertwined dragons is similar to that seen at colerne and ramsbury in wiltshire though they are deemed earlier in date. cnut may have been the donor in c.980 . this copy of the c10 jellinge stone , with colours deemed correct, was a post war gift from the danish people to england

b.m. c9 cross

05 Nov 2010 115
anglo saxon cross of c.890, known as the lancaster cross, with a runic inscription saying" pray for cynibalth, cuthbert" in the front panel