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 . s. The lost portion of the stone doubt-less contained the remainder of the shaft,with its appropriate base. When threeshields are introduced upon the same slab,one of them is generally placed on each sideof the cross, and the third at its foot; as inthe example from Kirk Dighton in York-shire, which is figured by Four shields are so arrangedthat t
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 . s. The lost portion of the stone doubt-less contained the remainder of the shaft,with its appropriate base. When threeshields are introduced upon the same slab,one of them is generally placed on each sideof the cross, and the third at its foot; as inthe example from Kirk Dighton in York-shire, which is figured by Four shields are so arrangedthat two may appear on each side of the cross. In some examplesboth shields on each side are below the transverse arm of the cross;in others one shield is above and one is below each transverse shields may be seen on some few slabs, as on a stone at Breck-nock Priory, which bears the late date 1569; and upon otherslabs even this number is sometimes exceeded. In some few ex-amples, in addition to the shields charged with armorial bearings,there is placed at the intersection of the four limbs of the crossanother shield with some religious symbols. At the east end ofthe north aisle of the church at Aldborousdi in Yorkshire lies a. Fragment of Slab,Llanvihangel is a fine example of this arrangement ona slab at Aldborough in Yorkshire, whichalso bears, between the foot of the crossand the inverted shield, an inscription toWilliam Aldburgh, Esq., with the 1445. 1 This engraving has been introduced here from my work on Monumental Brasses. 2 See Sepulchral Monuments, vol. , p. cxv. 3 See Sepulchral Monuments, vol. , p. ccxlvii. At Watlingtonin Norfolk is a fine example of a crosswith four shields upon a slab.
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