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Cross D

Fragment of a 10th Century Viking + Anglo Saxon Jellinge Cross in St Andrew's Church at Middleton near Pickering. During the conflicts between Danes and Saxons, Danish lords incorporated local Christian iconography into sculptures as a display of their military power. This one shows a warrior with forked beard wearing a helmet and a knife on his belt

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Uploaded on July 16, 2017
Taken on July 12, 2017