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This rare representation of a sixteenth century prioress shows her wearing a closely pleated rochet, a type of surplice, over a cassock, an ecclesiastical jacket, and beneath a monastic cloak. This is fastened at the neck by a clasp known as a morse. The lower panel of the slab has been lost, but the full inscription is likely to have read: ‘Here lies Lady Anna, daughter of Donald, son of Charles, sometime Prioress of Iona, who died in the year 1543. We commend her soul to the All-Highest […]’.
Title

Grave Slab of Prioress Anna MacLean

Date

1543

Medium

stone

Measurements

H 213 x W 66 x D (?) cm

Accession number

IONA204

Acquisition method

on loan from Scottish Ministers

Work type

Tomb or mausoleum

Inscription description

central band at feet: Holy Mary, pray for me

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Iona Abbey

Isle of Iona, Argyll and Bute PA76 6SQ Scotland

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