The history, architecture, and antiquities of the cathedral church of StCanice, Kilkenny . No. 36. cathedral, bearing crosses with foliated terminations cut in relief, of whiclithose having inscriptions will be noticed in the next chapter. One here figured Early English niche still existing in the north every reason to suppose that it was originally transept. placed to the memory of some person, or per- a At present this stone commemorates the sons, of the former name. Cottrell and Lawless families. There seems b This term is used, in this and the subse- 134 CLASSIFICATION OF THE MONUMENTS. [s
The history, architecture, and antiquities of the cathedral church of StCanice, Kilkenny . No. 36. cathedral, bearing crosses with foliated terminations cut in relief, of whiclithose having inscriptions will be noticed in the next chapter. One here figured Early English niche still existing in the north every reason to suppose that it was originally transept. placed to the memory of some person, or per- a At present this stone commemorates the sons, of the former name. Cottrell and Lawless families. There seems b This term is used, in this and the subse- 134 CLASSIFICATION OF THE MONUMENTS. [sect. ii. affords a connecting link between the efligial and cross slabs, the figure beingindicated beneath the cross with the head alone fully sculptured. We also givean engraving of a cross-slab of peculiar form belonging to this period, from. No. 37. which an inscription of later date than the cross has been almost entirely those now mentioned, there are two uninscribed cross-slabs in relief,one in a very imperfect condition. The lettering used on monuments in thiscentury was what has been termed the Lombardic capital. The monuments of the fourteenth century remaining in the cathedral areconfined to simple incised slabs, either with or without foliated crosses, unlesswe include some fragments bearing portions of the human figure marked by
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