. Transactions and journal of proceedings . Fig. 18—Sculptured Stoneat Closeburn. Fig. 19—Sculptured Stone atWamphray. Archaic Sculpturings. 159 variants. The simplest form of the trinity symbol is a groupof three dots placed as if at the corners of an equilateraltriangle. This \ariant repeated four times occurs on thecross-slab from Sinniness (Fig. 20), in the space on either side. Fig. 20—Cross-slab from Sinniness. of the upper limb of the cross. It also occurs seven times onthe stone from Craignarget. One of the groups there ismerged in another variant of the same symbol, namely, threeparal
. Transactions and journal of proceedings . Fig. 18—Sculptured Stoneat Closeburn. Fig. 19—Sculptured Stone atWamphray. Archaic Sculpturings. 159 variants. The simplest form of the trinity symbol is a groupof three dots placed as if at the corners of an equilateraltriangle. This \ariant repeated four times occurs on thecross-slab from Sinniness (Fig. 20), in the space on either side. Fig. 20—Cross-slab from Sinniness. of the upper limb of the cross. It also occurs seven times onthe stone from Craignarget. One of the groups there ismerged in another variant of the same symbol, namely, threeparallel lines running upwards. The three dot variant occursin British pre-Christian coins and on the stone ball fromTowie, .Aberdeenshire. Its occurrence on stones outside ofScotland is rare. A plain equal-armed cross with triple pelletsin each quarter is incised on an organ inscribed stone at Pen yMynnid, ^2 ij also occurs on the ancientsilver chain from Parkhill, .Aberdeenshire. The illumina-tors of the ancient British and Irish MSS., such as the Bookof Kells, seem to ha\e been obsessed by this variant of the 32 Goughs Camden, p. 100; Hiibner, TnscriptionesBritanniae Christianae, 1876, p. 18, No. 51. 160 Archaic Sculpturings. symbol, as it occurs some hundreds of times on one pagealone. The sacredness of this emblem is apparent by itsbeing- placed on
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