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 . Lichfield Cathedral monuments, says Sir Francis Palgrave, no-thing more is preserved than a head and shoulders, and ankles andfeet. These fragments, placed at the proper distances from eachother, are built up in the wall; and though the eye sees nothingbut parts of a figure, yet the mind sees all the remainder, and sup-plies all that is wanting. You have
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 . Lichfield Cathedral monuments, says Sir Francis Palgrave, no-thing more is preserved than a head and shoulders, and ankles andfeet. These fragments, placed at the proper distances from eachother, are built up in the wall; and though the eye sees nothingbut parts of a figure, yet the mind sees all the remainder, and sup-plies all that is wanting. You have the entire effigy before the example of the learned author of The Merchant andthe Friar, I would express my hope that, in like manner, I haveintroduced into this Section of my volume a sufficient number andvariety of specimens, to give as good a notion of the Semi-effigialMonuments of the Middle Ages, even as though every individualrelic of this class had here been made the subject of special noticeand careful description and illustration. 1 See Truths and Fictions of the Middle Ages : The Merchant and the Friar, p. Arcade and Semi-efS£ial Monument, Lichfield Cathedral. V SHIEI/DS OF ARMS & ACHIEVEMENT OF ARMS. CHAPTERS Hi TLl, XV & XXVI PROVENCE
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