P0622
 
P0622
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Surname McNair
First Name Neil
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Dating 1345?
Location Saddell
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Close relatives son - Donald
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(place of burial)
 
Place of exposition Saddell Abbey, Saddell, Argyll and Bute, Strathclyde, Scotland
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the four largest effigies were probably made on Iona

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SADDELL ABBEY
The other three are magnificent West Highland lords in full armour. One of these is depicted with a retainer unfastening his spurs and a figure over his left shoulder which may indicated that his wife was buried alongside him. The central figure commemorates a giant of a man, whose armour remains remarkably detailed after all these centuries. Less obvious today is the inscription above his right shoulder which suggests the effigy commemorates one Neil McNair and was commissioned by his son Donald.
It is thought that the slabs on show, and one of the effigies, belong to what is called the "Kintyre School" of medieval carving, and it seems highly likely that this school, which produced grave slabs found the length of Kintyre and Knapdale, was located here at Saddell Abbey. It seems equally clear, however, that the four largest effigies were carved on Iona, and the similarities with some of those on display in the Iona Infirmary Museum are undisputable.

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This drawing shows one of a number of monuments from Saddell Abbey. The Hutton Collection includes further drawings detailing the famous grave slabs and other monuments found at Saddell. Saddell Abbey is famous for its impressive sculpted stones commemorating the wealthy and powerful lords who were its patrons. For years, people thought of these large stones as coming from Iona and shipped over to Saddell. This has changed, and a carving school probably existed at Saddell Abbey itself.

Monument at Sadael Abbey
A note beneath this pencil sketch of a warrior monument reads, 'Length 6 1/2 feet / Breadth 2'. Another note along the bottom explains that the slab lay to the east of church, outside its boundaries and near the grave of Dugald Campbell. Unusually for the stones at Saddell, the carved relief of a fully clad warrior dominates this one.

датировка выбрана 1345?, чтобы разместить данный костюм между P0610, 1340? и P0588, 1350?

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