Abecedary or stonework decorated with the alphabet

Block of red sandstone broken in two pieces, with Lombardic script style lettering cut along one edge.  This sandstone block is from the area of the altar, at the church of St Marys of the Grey Friars, Dumfries.   After the English defeat of the Scots led by William Wallace at Falkirk in 1298 the English King Edward I gained control of Scotland.  Robert the Bruce and his cousin John Comyn both had a claim to the Scottish throne, and after Edward I had executed Wallace, Bruce promised Comyn land if he would help him become King of Scotland.  Not tempted by this proposal, Comyn betrayed Bruce to Edward I, and in 1306 Bruce, or perhaps one of his knights, killed Comyn at the altar in Greyfriars Church, Dumfries.
Object no :
DMMO019n
Collection :
Robert (I) the Bruce
Creator :
NA
Place of Production :
NA
Dimensions :
height 80mm, width 300mm, depth 170mm
Materials :
stone, sedimentary rock, sandstone
Location :
NA
Related site :
Mark Farm, Castle Kennedy
Accession number :
DUMFM:1967.608.1
Copyright :
Dumfries & Galloway Council
2 Fmedia2 F106522 F1701

More objects in this Collection

2 Fmedia2 F106662 F8301
Turnbury Castle
Captain Francis Grose was one of the first systematic recorders of architectural and archaeological
2 Fmedia2 F106632 F7837
The King's Cave
Near the village of  Blackwaterfoot on the west of the island of Arran - supposedly the cave where R
2 Fmedia2 F106592 F2544
Robert the Bruce Chair
This chair reputedly belonged to King Robert the Bruce.  It is labelled accordingly and that it was
2 Fmedia2 F106552 F1312
Silver penny, Robert I 'The Bruce'
Silver penny from the reign of King Robert I of Scotland, 1306 - 1329.   Coins were probably not iss
2 Fmedia2 F106492 F1273
Robert the Bruce, top of his femur and section of his foot
This bone material is part of a bone from the foot and part of the lower end of a thigh bone.  The c
2 Fmedia2 F106452 F1269
Robert the Bruce, cast of his skull
This plaster cast model is of Robert the Bruce's skull.   After his death in 1329 Bruce’s body was i
2 Fmedia2 F106412 F4393
Bruce's Address at Bannockburn
Scott has inscribed the print with the words "Now's the time, now's the hour" - the words with which
2 Fmedia2 F106382 F3635
Turnberry Castle
This painting of the castle where Robert the Bruce is thought to have been born, is attributed to th
2 Fmedia2 F106352 F368
Tower of St. John's Church, Ayr
The Church of St. John was built in around 1200. There is very little of it left today, much of the
2 Fmedia2 F106322 F367
Bruce's Castle, Turnberry
Turnberry Castle in Ayrshire is believed to have been the birthplace of Robert the Bruce in 1274. Th
You must enable javascript to view this website