Cross no. 138 at Old Kirk Braddan on the Isle of Man. A fragment of a cross having a design of two diagonal rings interlaced, decorated with notches and flourishes…
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Built on a site which has been used for religious purposes since the earliest times, Old Kirk Braddan was rebuilt in 1774 and was never re-ordered in Victorian times. It…
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Of the men who worked on the series of carved crosses left on the Isle of Man as a memorial of the Viking Age, only one name has come down…
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A lovely scene at Maughold with a traditional Manx thatched cottage and perhaps a mucklagh giark (hen house) to the side as some hens are pecking away at the ground.…
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The transition in the Viking world of pagan beliefs to the final embrace of Christianity is depicted on this stone. The Vikings brought pagan religion to shores already believing in…
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The Chi-Rho is one of the earliest forms of christogram, and is used by some Christians. It is formed by superimposing the first two (capital) letters ‘chi’ and ‘rho’ (ΧΡ)…