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 . Fragment of Stone Coffin-lid,Romsey Abbey. a hand is carved, and part ofa sleeve, the hand supportinga In the twospecimens last named, thecross, as distinct from theemblem of the pastoral office,is omitted, and the staff occupies its place in the centre of the is also the case in the slab of Abbot Sutton at Dorchester in 1 See
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 . Fragment of Stone Coffin-lid,Romsey Abbey. a hand is carved, and part ofa sleeve, the hand supportinga In the twospecimens last named, thecross, as distinct from theemblem of the pastoral office,is omitted, and the staff occupies its place in the centre of the is also the case in the slab of Abbot Sutton at Dorchester in 1 See cut at p. 53. One of the Bakewell 2 See Sepulchral Monuments* vol. i. ;slabs bears a cross, which has for its head a and Thorotons Notts* vol. iii. p. of six points within a circle. 3 See Winch. Vol of Arch. Assoc. p. 420. Despoiled Slab of Abbot Sutton,Dorchester Abbey Church. IN ENGLAND AND WALES. 55 Oxfordshire. The staff, with the hand which held it, with a border-legend, were in this monument all executed in brass; but the plateshave been long torn from the stone, leaving the character of the
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