Christian monuments in England and Wales : an historical and descriptive sketch of the various classes of sepulchral monuments which have been in use in this country from about the era of the Norman conquest to the time of Edward the Fourth . Monumental Slab,Kedleston, Derbyshire Coped Coffin-lid,Stow, Lincolnshire. land is an admirable example of this arrangement. The cross ishere simple, but highly effective; and the partial effigy appearswithin a trefoil opening in the In the chancel at AstonIngham in Herefordshire is another time-worn specimen of this 1 See cut at p. 130. This slab
Christian monuments in England and Wales : an historical and descriptive sketch of the various classes of sepulchral monuments which have been in use in this country from about the era of the Norman conquest to the time of Edward the Fourth . Monumental Slab,Kedleston, Derbyshire Coped Coffin-lid,Stow, Lincolnshire. land is an admirable example of this arrangement. The cross ishere simple, but highly effective; and the partial effigy appearswithin a trefoil opening in the In the chancel at AstonIngham in Herefordshire is another time-worn specimen of this 1 See cut at p. 130. This slab in the yard, there being small holes cut on either original is slightly coped, and not flat, as side of the sunk space about the semi-effigy, it appears in the engraving. It was evi- for the escape of rain : it now forms a part dently designed to be placed in the church- of the coping of the churchyard wall. T 130 CHRISTIAN MONUMENTS class. The head, that of a civilian, in this example is representedas if resting upon a cushion, under a cinquefoil canopy, or withinan opening of that form; and the cross is floriated, and furtherenriched with carved bosses and other At Washing-. Coffin-slab, Coflfin-^ab,Lyddington, Rutland. Aaton Ingham, Herefordshire. borough, near the city of Lincoln, in the chancel of the churchthere lies another slab, which shews a greater development of theeffigy above the cross than appears in the slabs at Lyddington and 1 There is also another curious semi-effigial slab in the same church at AstonIngham, upon which the bust and feet of a female are represented, the interveningspace being plain. See Goughs Monu-ments, vol. ii. introduction, p. ex. IN ENGLAND AND WALES. 131 Aston Ingham. The cross itself in this example is remarkablefrom its having no shaft or base, notwithstanding that the slab isof large dimensions, and that a considerable space intervenes be-tween the cross-head and the feet of the effigy, which appeartoward the lower extremit
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