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Joalf's Cross Slab No. 132
 
Joalf's Cross Slab (no. 132)
Each face is carved with a cross. The limbs of the cross connect into a
circular ring. The cross is decorated with a plait of eight with four breaks
giving the appearance of panels. Above and below the ring are triquet designs,
below on each side is a decorative cross followed by a large boss of four
triquetras. The rest of the space features subjects, stags and hounds, a man
on horseback and a riderless horse. Below on the shaft are two pelleted
dragons interlaced and a figure of a stag attacked by a hound.
The other face shows Gaut's design. The bands goes down the shaft to form
with two others in a double twist interlaced with diamond shaped rings. Above
the head of the cross is a large figure of a stag followed by a hound. At the
back of the stag, a bird is pursued by a larger one. At one side of the shaft
a man on horseback followed by a spare horse. The other side has a bull and
ram fighting a conventional bird and horse.
Inscription: Iualfir, sunr, Thurulfs, hins, Rautha, risti, krus, theaft,
Frithu, muthur, sino. Meaning Joalf son of Thoorolf the Red erected this
cross to the memory of Fritha his mother. (Joalf is figured above the ring
with a spear in his right head and a small shield in his left.)
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