| Lichfield Angel | |
|---|---|
 The three fragments of the Lichfield Angel on display at Lichfield Cathedral | |
| Material | Limestone (Ancaster)[1] |
| Long | 370 mm (15 in)[2] |
| Height | 635 mm (25.0 in)[2] |
| Discovered | 2003 Lichfield Cathedral, Staffordshire |
| Culture | Anglo-Saxon |
The Lichfield Angel is a late 8th to early 9th-century limestone bas-relief panel of an angel, discovered in 2003 in a routine excavation of a nave of Lichfield Cathedral. The panel has been conjectured as representing the Archangel Gabriel at the Annunciation, as part of a larger rectangular shrine chest to St Chad in the Cathedral. The panel was buried around 800 AD, after raids on Mercia.
Excavation and discovery edit
Physical description edit
Historical context and speculated use edit
Conservation and display edit
Analysis of paints edit
References edit
- ^ Rodwell et al. 2008, pp. 85–6
- ^ a b Geary & Howe 2009, p. 165
Sources edit
- "Lichfield Angel". The British Library: Collection Items. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
- Brown, Michelle P. (2007). "The Lichfield Angel and the Manuscript Context: Lichfield as a Centre of Insular Art". Journal of the British Archaeological Association. 160 (1): 8–19. doi:10.1179/jba.2007.160.1.8. S2CID 194072340.
- Geary, Angela; Howe, Emily (2009). "Three-dimensional documentation and virtual restoration of the Lichfield Angel". Journal of the Institute of Conservation. 32 (2): 165–179. doi:10.1080/19455220903059875. S2CID 191483223.
- Kennedy, Maev (20 February 2006). "Archangel sculpture rises from Lichfield nave". The Guardian. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
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- "The Lichfield Angel" (PDF). Lichfield Cathedral. Retrieved 9 May 2019.
- McGuigan, Ross; Singer, Brian (2007). "The Simultaneous Analysis of Proteins, Lipids, and Diterpenoid Resins Found in Cultural Objects". Annali di Chimica. 97 (7): 405–417. doi:10.1002/adic.200790044. PMID 17867529.
- Rodwell, Warwick; Hawkes, Jane; Howe, Emily; Cramp, Rosemary (2008). "The Lichfield Angel: A Spectacular Anglo-Saxon Painted Sculpture". The Antiquaries Journal. 88: 48–108. doi:10.1017/S0003581500001359. S2CID 162208465.
- Rodwell, Warwick (2012). "Appearances can be Deceptive: Building and Decorating Anglo-Saxon Churches". Journal of the British Archaeological Association. 165 (1): 22–60. doi:10.1179/0068128812z.0000000007. S2CID 192005340.
- Sowerby, Richard (2016). Angels in Early Medieval England. Oxford Theology and Religion Monographs. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-878537-8.