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 . Shears and Keys, Monumental Slab, Incised Slab, Gate6head. on each side of the cross-stem. AtNewbigging, also in the countyof Northumberland, are two fineslabs of the Early English Gothicperiod, upon which these samedevices are sculptured in relief, with rich and highly characteristic crosses. On one of these slabsthe shears and key are placed
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 . Shears and Keys, Monumental Slab, Incised Slab, Gate6head. on each side of the cross-stem. AtNewbigging, also in the countyof Northumberland, are two fineslabs of the Early English Gothicperiod, upon which these samedevices are sculptured in relief, with rich and highly characteristic crosses. On one of these slabsthe shears and key are placed after the same manner as at Bam-burgh ; but with the shears on the other slab are two keys, andthese symbols are all placed on the dexter side of the cross. Fromthis last slab I have been content to figure the keys and In the church of St. Mary at Gateshead, Durham, is a 1 See also Archceol. Jour. vol. iv. p. 49. 2 The Newbigging slabs are both oflarge dimensions, measuring upwards of six feet in length. The slab having thetwo keys is very elaborately ornamented:it is figured in Dr. Charltons paper in the 92 CHRISTIAN MONUMENTS curious slab, which has a key on the sinister side of the cross, andon the dexter side a The ancient symbol of the Christianfaith may
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