Mona
Mona
Mona
Mona

Image credit: Buckinghamshire County Museum

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Mona, the Saxon god from whom the English weekday name Monday is derived, holding a moon and wearing a hooded cloak made from an animal pelt.

Buckinghamshire County Museum

Aylesbury

Title

Mona

Date

1726–1730

Medium

Portland stone

Measurements

H 174 x W 69 x D 56 cm;
Plinth: H 15.5 x W 77.5 x D 69.5 cm (E)

Accession number

AYBCM : 1991.100.1

Acquisition method

purchased, 1991

Work type

Statue

Inscription description

on plinth, in Saxon runes: Mona

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Church Street, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire HP20 2QP England

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