CHAPTER 3 EXTRA MATERIALS
Resolving the carving: the application of laser-scanning in reconstructing a Viking Cross from
Neston, Cheshire
Roger H. White
Ironbridge International Institute for Cultural Heritage , University of Birmingham, Birmingham United Kingdom.
r.h.white@bham.ac.uk
Neston Cross 2: Faces B and C. Note the
flattening of the carving, caused by wear and
the dressed surface from which the carving
was made.
Neston Cross 2, Face C. This view highlights the
treatment of the background to the figures.
Neston Cross 2, Faces A and B.
Neston Cross 2, Face A showing detail of the Angel
and damage to the stone.
Neston Cross 3, face C, demonstrating how angling the light on the scanned surface changes the
visible detail on the stone.
Neston Cross 3, Face A. Demonstrating how
much detail the scan can bring out of the
figures and the background.
Neston Cross 3, Faces A and B showing the relatively
slender nature of the slab and the cable moulding at
the edges.
St John’s Cross Head demonstrating the two joining fragments and the greater thickness of the
cross. This was digitally edited to reduce it to the same thickness and the Neston crosses.
The Neston Cross as reconstructed. Note the slimmed version of the cross head. The upper part of
the couple on Face A have been restored but there has been no attempt to fill in the detail on Face C.
Faces B and D demonstrate how the patterns were projected to fill the space available.