John the Baptist and the Agnus Dei: Ruthwell (and Bewcastle) revisited

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dc.contributor.authorHawkes, Janeen
dc.contributor.authorÓ Carragáin, Éamonnen
dc.contributor.authorTrench-Jellicoe, Rossen
dc.contributor.funderUniversity College Corken
dc.date.accessioned2023-08-14T11:39:34Z
dc.date.available2023-08-14T11:39:34Z
dc.date.issued2001-09en
dc.description.abstractThe identity of the figure with a lamb carved on the upper stone of the Anglo-Saxon cross at Ruthwell, Dumfriesshire, was interpreted by Paul Meyvaert (in 1982 and 1992), as an apocalyptic image of the Deity instead of John the Baptist. Close inspection of the panel, however, makes it difficult to accept such an explanation. Instead, an adaptation of the early Christian images of the Baptist is proposed, and it is argued that the details of the panel are best understood in the light of the introduction of the Agnus Dei chant into the Mass by Pope Sergius I (687–701), and of biblical commentary which saw the Baptist himself as an apocalyptic figure associated with the Lamb, the paschal sacrifice, commemorated each day in the Mass.en
dc.description.sponsorshipUniversity College Cork (Faculty of Arts Research Fund)en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.description.versionAccepted Versionen
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dc.identifier.citationHawkes, J., Ó Carragáin, É. and Trench-Jellicoe, R. (2001) ‘John the Baptist and the Agnus Dei : Ruthwell (And Bewcastle) revisited’, The Antiquaries Journal, 81, pp. 131–153. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0003581500072176en
dc.identifier.doi10.1017/S0003581500072176en
dc.identifier.eissn1758-5309en
dc.identifier.endpage153en
dc.identifier.issn0003-5815en
dc.identifier.journaltitleThe Antiquaries Journalen
dc.identifier.startpage131en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/14824
dc.identifier.volume81en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherCambridge University Pressen
dc.relation.urihttps://doi.org/10.1017/S0003581500072176en
dc.rights© The Society of Antiquaries of London 2001. This article has been published in a revised form in The Antiquaries Journal, https://doi.org/10.1017/S0003581500072176. This version is published under a Creative Commons CC-BY-NC-ND licence. No commercial re-distribution or re-use allowed. Derivative works cannot be distributed.en
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/en
dc.subjectRuthwell Crossen
dc.subjectBewcastle Crossen
dc.subjectEcclesiastical historyen
dc.subjectAnglo-Saxon studiesen
dc.subjectEarly medieval studiesen
dc.titleJohn the Baptist and the Agnus Dei: Ruthwell (and Bewcastle) revisiteden
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
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