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 . Stone Coffin lid,Thornton Abbey, Lincolnshire it, with the cross, a figure which appears intended to represent asquare—the mark, I presume, of a mason. At Blidworth in Nor-thamptonshire is another slab, bearing a similar figure of a square,and also an axe. A symbol somewhat resembling this square, andplaced, like it, in connection with the cross-stem, app
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 . Stone Coffin lid,Thornton Abbey, Lincolnshire it, with the cross, a figure which appears intended to represent asquare—the mark, I presume, of a mason. At Blidworth in Nor-thamptonshire is another slab, bearing a similar figure of a square,and also an axe. A symbol somewhat resembling this square, andplaced, like it, in connection with the cross-stem, appears upon 1 On the slab of a forester at Papple-wick, which I have before noticed, thebow and arrow are both represented as lying parallel with the stem of the arrow does not appear upon the slabat Bowes. IN ENGLAND AND WALES. 99 two slabs at Woodhorn in Northumberland, and at Lanchester inthe county of Durham ; but this symbol has one of its sides con-. incised Slab, Woodhorn. tinued almost to the full length of the shaft of the cross, and tothis the shorter and projecting side is not at right At 1 See Archceol. Journal, vol. v. p. 257,where Dr. Charlton mentions a third ex-ample of this symbol, from some churchin the county of Durham, but the exactlocality he has not been able to ascertain. What the instrument of trade herefigured may be, I cannot determine, saysDr. Charlton : in the last instance men- tioned, there is a sword on the other sideof the cross. I must also confess tobeing unable to assign a signification tothis symbol, particularly when accom-panied by a sword. In the latter case,however, it would appear that the twosymbols denoted two different persons. 100 CHRISTIAN MONUMENTS Chelmorton in Derbyshire the carpenters broad axe appears upona slab without any other symbol save the usual cross. Anotherslab, at Brecknock Priory in Wales, bears the same device of anaxe or hatchet, and has above the cross-head the na
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