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 . XlVth Slab, Incised Slab, Heysham. And once more, at Heysham in Lancashire, another slab, with thecross and sword, bears a time-worn device, which appears to have 1 The shield upon this slab is charged church, a similar blazon may be still dis- with the arms of Blenkinsop—a fesse be- tinguished. For a very interesting noti
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 . XlVth Slab, Incised Slab, Heysham. And once more, at Heysham in Lancashire, another slab, with thecross and sword, bears a time-worn device, which appears to have 1 The shield upon this slab is charged church, a similar blazon may be still dis- with the arms of Blenkinsop—a fesse be- tinguished. For a very interesting notice tween three garbs: a garb is also embla- of the Haltwhistle slab, by M. H. Bloxam, zoned upon the scrip. Upon the shield of Esq., see Archceological Journal, vol. v. a mutilated effigy of a knight in the same p. 151. 80 CHRISTIAN MONUMENTS been designed to represent a harp, and thus to point out the lastresting-place of some soldier-minstrel of the days of The sword, in monuments of this class, is sometimes accom-panied with some other weapon. Thus, upon a broken slab at
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