The golden days of the early English church : from the arrival of Theodore to the death of Bede . perfectfragment, representing the upper part of the figure ofSt. John, doubtless formed one of a series of similarfigures which were cut on the sides and ends of thecoffin. The incised lines are about an eighth of aninch in width and depth, and have an angular figures have mostly a nimbus, their right handis generally elevated and laid upon the breast, withthe first two fingers extended as if giving the bene-diction, and the left hand, covered by a part of therobe, supports a book, pro
The golden days of the early English church : from the arrival of Theodore to the death of Bede . perfectfragment, representing the upper part of the figure ofSt. John, doubtless formed one of a series of similarfigures which were cut on the sides and ends of thecoffin. The incised lines are about an eighth of aninch in width and depth, and have an angular figures have mostly a nimbus, their right handis generally elevated and laid upon the breast, withthe first two fingers extended as if giving the bene-diction, and the left hand, covered by a part of therobe, supports a book, probably intended to re-present the New Testament. The figure has theinscription IOHANNIS (sic] by its side ; on the otherside, stretching over the edge of the wood,are the letters KUS, probably the last lettersof Markus—St. Mark—of whose figure no traceremains. There is also the lower part of a figureof St. Luke, with the inscription LUCAS, and im-mediately beneath it a bull with a nimbus roundits head. There are others of St. Thomas (withhis name), St. Peter (holding the keys in his right. DETAILS OF ST. CUTHBERHTS COFFIN. [/W. III., facing p. CARVINGS ON CUTHBERHTS INNER COFFIN 97 hand), St. Andrew, St. Matthew, St. Michael,St. Paul (a bearded figure with the letters PA), afragment of a figure inscribed KAR, a fragment ofanother figure representing the Saviour, as appearsfrom a broken inscription in Runic letters repre-sentino- a contraction of lesus Sanctus. o The figures on the lid and bottom are of largersize; only small fragments remain of them. Ihave before me, says Mr. Raine, tracings of theheads of these four figures, some of them withwings, the face of the largest of which is five incheslong; another, of almost the same size, holds asceptre, and a mutilated inscription beginning withscs inclines one to believe it a representation of ; and a third, inscribed iac, designates pro-bably St. James. Of the fourth, only the face fragments with repre
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