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| Lichfield Angel | |
|---|---|
 The three fragments of the Lichfield Angel on display at Lichfield Cathedral | |
| Material | Limestone (Ancaster)[1] |
| Long | 370 mm (15 in)[2] |
| Height | 635 mm (25.0 in)[2] |
| Discovered | 2003 Lichfield Cathedral, Staffordshire |
| Culture | Anglo-Saxon |
The Lichfield Angel is a late 8th to early 9th-century limestone bas-relief panel of an angel, discovered in 2003 in a routine excavation of a nave of Lichfield Cathedral. The panel has been conjectured as representing the Archangel Gabriel at the Annunciation, as part of a larger rectangular shrine chest to St Chad in the Cathedral. The panel was buried around 800 AD, after raids on Mercia.
Excavation and discovery
[edit]Physical description
[edit]Historical context and speculated use
[edit]Conservation and display
[edit]Analysis of paints
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Rodwell et al. 2008, pp. 85–6
- ^ a b Geary & Howe 2009, p. 165
Sources
[edit]- "Lichfield Angel". The British Library: Collection Items. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
- Brown, Michelle P. (2007). "The Lichfield Angel and the Manuscript Context: Lichfield as a Centre of Insular Art". Journal of the British Archaeological Association. 160 (1): 8–19. doi:10.1179/jba.2007.160.1.8. S2CID 194072340.
- Geary, Angela; Howe, Emily (2009). "Three-dimensional documentation and virtual restoration of the Lichfield Angel". Journal of the Institute of Conservation. 32 (2): 165–179. doi:10.1080/19455220903059875. S2CID 191483223.
- Kennedy, Maev (20 February 2006). "Archangel sculpture rises from Lichfield nave". The Guardian. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
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- "The Lichfield Angel" (PDF). Lichfield Cathedral. Retrieved 9 May 2019.
- McGuigan, Ross; Singer, Brian (2007). "The Simultaneous Analysis of Proteins, Lipids, and Diterpenoid Resins Found in Cultural Objects". Annali di Chimica. 97 (7): 405–417. doi:10.1002/adic.200790044. PMID 17867529.
- Rodwell, Warwick; Hawkes, Jane; Howe, Emily; Cramp, Rosemary (2008). "The Lichfield Angel: A Spectacular Anglo-Saxon Painted Sculpture". The Antiquaries Journal. 88: 48–108. doi:10.1017/S0003581500001359. S2CID 162208465.
- Rodwell, Warwick (2012). "Appearances can be Deceptive: Building and Decorating Anglo-Saxon Churches". Journal of the British Archaeological Association. 165 (1): 22–60. doi:10.1179/0068128812z.0000000007. S2CID 192005340.
- Sowerby, Richard (2016). Angels in Early Medieval England. Oxford Theology and Religion Monographs. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-878537-8.