2322 x 3624 px | 19,7 x 30,7 cm | 7,7 x 12,1 inches | 300dpi
Date de la prise de vue:
17 août 2010
Lieu:
Stamford, Lincolnshire, UK
Informations supplémentaires:
Stamford was one of 12 UK locations to have an Eleanor Cross. Of the original cross, only a small marble fragment, a carved rose excavated by William Stukeley, survives which is currently preserved in Stamford Museum. "The start of the 21st Century was marked in Stamford by erecting a modern monument inspired by the lost Cross. It stands in Sheepmarket, rather than at the original location. The carved detail is based on the fragment in Stamford Museum." Wikipedia Eleanor Cross Wikipedia entry: "The Eleanor crosses were twelve originally wooden, [citation needed] but later lavishly decorated stone, monuments of which three survive intact in a line down part of the east of England. King Edward I had the crosses erected between 1291 and 1294 in memory of his wife Eleanor of Castile, marking the nightly resting-places along the route taken when her body was transported to London. Several artists worked on the crosses, as the "Expense Rolls" of the Crown show, with some of the work being divided between the main figures, sent from London, and the framework, made locally. William of Ireland was apparently the leading sculptor of figures"
