What is recorded here
Gallen monastery gave up its cross-slab before the museum arrived, pulling one chiselled life out of the soil and into a public case. The stone may have marked a buried saint or an unnamed mother, yet it still points across centuries because someone cut it when death felt close enough to touch.
Graveslab that originally came from the monastery (OF014-029----) at Gallen and now housed in the National Museum (Reg. No. X2900; Habitat CC108)
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien.
Date of upload: 23 May 2011
Dated to the 9th or 10th century, this cross-slab is likely associated with early Christian monastic activity at Gallen. It may have marked a grave or served as a devotional monument, reflecting the spiritual practices of the monastery's inhabitants.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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