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English: Engraving illustrating the South face of the Elgin Pillar. First published in J Stuart, The Sculptured Stones of Scotland in 1856. The image shows one face of a granite Pictish stone with, from the top, a large Celtic cross with four evangelists in the background, and below it four intertwined and biting quadrupeds.
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Source https://canmore.org.uk/collection/341224
Author John Stuart

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Engraving illustrating the South face of the Elgin Pillar. First published in J Stuart, The Sculptured Stones of Scotland in 1856.

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