Cathedrals, abbeys and churches of England and Wales : descriptive, historical, pictorial . rom the tower into the nave of St. Benets, Cambridge, isyet another element in a problem which has still to be solved. In the vestry at Monkwearmouth and in the porch at Jarrow are a numberof very interesting fragments of sculptured stones, which are generally allowedto be of Anglian type and date. They show complicated interlacements andvery careful foHage-work; on one of the Jarrow stones two birds are remarkablywell sculptured among the foliage, and there is also a graphic contest between a manand a
Cathedrals, abbeys and churches of England and Wales : descriptive, historical, pictorial . rom the tower into the nave of St. Benets, Cambridge, isyet another element in a problem which has still to be solved. In the vestry at Monkwearmouth and in the porch at Jarrow are a numberof very interesting fragments of sculptured stones, which are generally allowedto be of Anglian type and date. They show complicated interlacements andvery careful foHage-work; on one of the Jarrow stones two birds are remarkablywell sculptured among the foliage, and there is also a graphic contest between a manand a beast. One of the very earliest inscribed Christian gravestones in Englandis in the vestry at Monkwearmouth—He)-e rests in the hody the priest of all the sculptured treasures of Jarrow the most precious is the dedicationstone. Put into English the inscription runs :— The dedication of the basilica ofSt. Paul on the 9th of the Kalends of May, in the 15th year of King Ecgfrith,and in the 4th year of Ceolfrid, abbat and under God founder of the saidChurch. G. F. THB CHURCH AND CHUKCHYAKD. STOKE POGES. THE COUNTRY CHURCHYARD.
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