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The outer face is carved with the head of a 'green man'. The style is vigorous, with two strands of foliage emerging from the corners of a grimacing mouth. These strands expand to form exuberant and well-modelled leaves which surround the head. The fragment of vault rib which remains is moulded with a broad axial filleted roll flanked on each side by a hollow and part of a small half-roll. The rest of the rib is hidden by the wall in which the vault boss is set.

Melrose Abbey

Melrose

Title

Vault Boss

Date

15th C (?)

Medium

sandstone

Measurements

H 33.6 x W 36.1 x D 20.8 cm

Accession number

MEL/vb/4

Acquisition method

on loan from Scottish Ministers

Work type

Sculpture

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Melrose Abbey

Abbey Street, Melrose, Scottish Borders TD6 9LG Scotland

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