Summary

Wax paten, found in a tomb between pillars on the south side of the presbytery of St Magnus Cathedral, Kirkwall, identified as the site of the monument of Bishop Tulloch, 15th century AD

Accession Number

H.KJ 63

Other references

Original description

Paten in wax from tomb of Bishop Thomas Tulloch, Kirkwall Cathedral. Caption note, March 1993: Found (1848) in a tomb between pillars on the south side of the presbytery of St Magnus Cathedral. This has been identified as the site of the "stately monument" of Bishop William Tulloch (1422 - 55).

Associated person/people (e.g. excavator/former collection)

Bishop Tulloch

Discovery / field collection

Date of discovery

Not recorded

Method (e.g. excavation)

Not recorded

Place (i.e. location of discovery)

St Magnus Cathedral, Kirkwall, Orkney, Scotland, Northern Europe

Grid reference

Not recorded

Acquisition

Acquisition date

1864

Acquisition source (i.e. name of donor)

Queen's and Lord Treasurer's Remembrancer

Acquisition source role (e.g. donor)

Agent

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