. The Archaeological journal. of radiated ornament, or flower, supported by two wingedand eaglt -headed animal-: il resembles in design Borne of the curious sculp-tures in marble at St. Mark Bj Venice, tl was found, as far as •?an be :.lined, at Old Sarum. The other represents our Lord seated mi athrone and riving the benediction; in his left hand is an open hook. The character of the design resembles thai of the Byzantine school.—An ala-tablet, found mar Salisbury! as it has been staled, at old Sarum. (See * dcut.) It represent- a head with long hair and heard, the eyi clo ed iii death, and a
. The Archaeological journal. of radiated ornament, or flower, supported by two wingedand eaglt -headed animal-: il resembles in design Borne of the curious sculp-tures in marble at St. Mark Bj Venice, tl was found, as far as •?an be :.lined, at Old Sarum. The other represents our Lord seated mi athrone and riving the benediction; in his left hand is an open hook. The character of the design resembles thai of the Byzantine school.—An ala-tablet, found mar Salisbury! as it has been staled, at old Sarum. (See * dcut.) It represent- a head with long hair and heard, the eyi clo ed iii death, and apparently placed upon a circular object or Above i a small naked figure, with the bands clasped, surrounded by an aureola of pointed-oval form, and supported by two angels, now much broken and defaced, who appear to hen towards Heaven this representation i pint. Bi neath is the upper pari ofa figure, with upraised i\.l in the I ]ii. K. vol. k, p. 232 See alao Mr ArtieDuroArcl Bol Join nal, brivn, pi, ALABASTER TABLET, POUND NEAR SALISBURY. Representing the lluad of St. JoLn the Baptist in a charger, St. Peter, and St. Thoiuaaof Canterbury. Dimena mi* of tue original, 10J by 7 inche*. 186 PROCEEDINGS AT MEETINGS OF hands, apparently rising from a Bepulchre, Like an altar-tomb. On thedexter Bide of the tablel appears St. Peter, with a key and book; on theother side is a mitred figure vested in a cope, holding an archiepiscopalcross-staff and a book. This probably represents St. Thomas of Canter-bury. The date of this curious tablel is the XYth century. Alabaster tablets, similar in dimensions, and in the general features ofdesign, have been noticed in several antiquarian works, and various expla-nations of their import have been offered. The example produced by appears to correspond precisely with the object bequeathed inL522 by ^gas Berte, of Bury St. Edmunds, amongst her household effects,and described as a Seynt Johis hede of alabaster with Seyn
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