What Lies Beneath? Pictish Monsters & the Living Frame
25 June, online – tickets £3.96–£7.21

“Medieval art is well known for its monsters but Pictish art seems to take this fascination to another level.”

Join Professor Heather Pulliam from the Edinburgh School of Art in Groam House Museum's Annual Academic Lecture

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/what-lies-beneath-pictish-monsters-and-the-living-frame-tickets-1986892789820

#Scottish #Scotland #history #Pictish #archaeology #arthistory #earlymedieval #medieval #monsters #carvedstones

Kirkmadrine Church in the Rhins of Galloway, in the far south-west of Scotland, whose porch is home to a collection of the oldest known Christian monuments in Scotland outside Whithorn. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/sandhead/kirkmadrinestones/index.html

#Scotland #Galloway #KirkmadrineChurch #CarvedStones

Viking hogback gravestones, part of the amazing collection of carved early medieval stones, known as the Govan Stones, on display in Govan Old Church in the heart of the town. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/glasgow/govanstones/index.html

#Scotland #Govan #GovanStones #GovanOldChurch #CarvedStones

Kirkmadrine Church in the Rhins of Galloway, in the far south-west of Scotland, whose porch is home to a collection of the oldest known Christian monuments in Scotland outside Whithorn. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/sandhead/kirkmadrinestones/index.html

#Scotland #Galloway #KirkmadrineChurch #CarvedStones

The magnificent Aberlemno Kirkyard Pictish cross slab in Angus. It is one of the finest of all the Pictish stones to have survived and the rear of the slab come complete with battle scene depiction, a Bayeux Tapestry in stone. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/forfar/aberlemnokirk/index.html

#Scotland #Angus #Aberlemno #Picts #CarvedStones #UndiscoveredScotland

One of the largest collections of Pictish carved stones in Scotland is in the old schoolhouse in Meigle in Perthshire. The tallest is 2.5m high and might depict Daniel and the lions: or the execution of Queen Guinevere. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/meigle/meiglestones/index.html

#Scotland #Meigle #PictishCarvedStones #CarvedStones #Perthshire #Museum #UndiscoveredScotland

The amazing collection of early carved grave slabs, mainly dating from the 1300s-1500s, in the Old Session House at Kiel near Lochaline in Morvern. St Columba founded a monastery overlooking the Sound of Mull here in the 500s. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/lochaline/kielstones/index.html

#Scotland #CarvedStones #Gravestones #SessionHouse #Kiel #Lochaline #Morvern #UndiscoveredScotland

The amazing collection of sculptured medieval graveslabs in the lapidarium, originally a burial aisle, in the churchyard at Kilmartin Church in Argyll. These are some of the more recent historical wonders to be found in Kilmartin Glen. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/kilmartin/kilmartinstones/index.html

#Scotland #Kilmartin #CarvedStones #Gravestones #GraveSlabs #KilmartinGlen #Argyll #UndiscoveredScotland

Viking hogback gravestones, part of the magnificent collection of 31 carved early medieval stones, known as the Govan Stones, on display in Govan Old Church in the heart of the town. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/glasgow/govanstones/index.html

#Scotland #Govan GovanStones #GovanOldChurch #CarvedStones #UndiscoveredScotland