What is recorded here

Graveslab in Strade was the tapered lid of a thirteenth-century coffin tomb, now set against the chancel wall with four companions. Its worn surface still suggests a long cross ending in a trefoil, likely matching the bolder foliated crosses on neighbouring slabs. A friar may have lain beneath it, remembered only through stone shaped for death and left behind for living eyes.

Located in Strade Dominican friary (MA070-067001-), one of a group of five graveslabs (see also MA070-067004-; MA070-067008- to MA070-06710-) on displayed against the S wall of the chancel. This graveslab, possibly thirteenth-century in date, was the lid of a coffin-tomb and is tapered in shape. It is nearly intact, though the top left corner is missing. The surface of the slab is worn, but it is possible to make out the outline of a cross, carved in low relief extending the length of the slab. The cross shaft appears to terminate in a trefoil. It seems likely that the design was similar to that of two other slabs (MA070-067004-; MA070-067010-), on which a large bottonée or foliated cross survives. Attached image: SL070-067007-_01.JPG Compiled by: Anne-Julie Lafaye Date of upload: 29 September 2020

Medieval Christian graveslab, 13th–15th century. Part of a group associated with the Dominican friary, reflecting monastic burial practices and ecclesiastical architecture in the region.

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