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 . ample,now lying buried at some littledepth beneath the pavement ofthe Temple Church in London,but which was without doubtoriginally intended to form apart of the pavement of thatmost interesting edifice: thecross which is incised uponthis memorial is remarkablefor the strictly architecturalcharacter of its In the Early English Gothicperiod, the m
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 . ample,now lying buried at some littledepth beneath the pavement ofthe Temple Church in London,but which was without doubtoriginally intended to form apart of the pavement of thatmost interesting edifice: thecross which is incised uponthis memorial is remarkablefor the strictly architecturalcharacter of its In the Early English Gothicperiod, the more ancient prac-tice of sloping off the ends ofstone coffin-lids, as well astheir sides, continued to beoccasionally adopted. Thisarrangement is exemplified bythe fine specimen of this classof monument in the TempleChurch, London. The ridgeof the coping of this coffin-lid, which is constructed of purbeck marble, is terminated at theupper end by a lions head, and at the lower by the head of alamb: from these heads issue the moldings, which are workedupon the ridges at the angles; and from the upper ridge towardsits centre there spring two recurved foliations of Early EnglishGothic character, which impart to the general design somewhat. Temp. Henry Coffin-lid, Temple Church. 1 See Brandons Analysis of Gothic Ar-chitecture, vol. ii. : The Churches of the. I rchdeaconrp of Northampton, vol. i. p. 64:Specimens of Ancient Church Plate, &c.: and Archceologia Cambrensis, vol. 135. 1 See Richardsons Temple Coffins. IN ENGLAND AND WALES. 25 of the appearance of a In the north aisle of the choir ofNorwich Cathedral, in the pavement, lies another richly moldedpurheck coffin-lid, bearing a Latin cross within an engrailed bor-der, the coping of which has four sloping surfaces : and at Welwick,in Yorkshire, is a plain coffin-lid of the same
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