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 . Fragment of Slab, Horton,Northumberland. Small Slab, Rokeby. ranged as to take the place ofthe shaft of the cross. In thissame church of Horton is ano-ther monumental stone bearingthe inscription, ^DratC ? pUO .antmtt ? &ttnt ? ^BatllOtol, and having a small pair of shearsplaced in the middle of the And again, this emblemappears connected with
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 . Fragment of Slab, Horton,Northumberland. Small Slab, Rokeby. ranged as to take the place ofthe shaft of the cross. In thissame church of Horton is ano-ther monumental stone bearingthe inscription, ^DratC ? pUO .antmtt ? &ttnt ? ^BatllOtol, and having a small pair of shearsplaced in the middle of the And again, this emblemappears connected with an inscription upon a very elegant stone 1 It has been suggested that, supposing Three leaves, closely resembling these in this diminutive slab to be the monument form and character, appear above the of a young child, the shears may denote head of the cross upon one of the slabs the craft of the parent, and the two leaves at Furness Abbey. may signify the age of the infant—that is, 2 See Arclueol. Journal, vol. v. p. 254, two seasons of spring, or two years: O177 where are figures of the slabs at Horton irep (pvWwv ycver}, TOi^Se na\ avSpwv. and Hexham. 96 CHRISTIAN MONUMENTS slab recently disinterred at Hexham in Northumb
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