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 . tive size, while in all other re-spects they resemble similar monu-ments of ampler dimensions. Thesesmall slabs usually measure in lengthabout two feet and four or six most remarkable specimen ofthem which has come under my no-tice is now affixed to the front of thealmshouses at Tadcaster in York-shire. It is apparently a work of thetime of Kin
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 . tive size, while in all other re-spects they resemble similar monu-ments of ampler dimensions. Thesesmall slabs usually measure in lengthabout two feet and four or six most remarkable specimen ofthem which has come under my no-tice is now affixed to the front of thealmshouses at Tadcaster in York-shire. It is apparently a work of thetime of King Richard I. ( 1189-1199), and its dimensions are twofeet five inches and a half in length,by eleven inches and eight inchesand a half in breadth at the headand feet respectively. Another ex-ample of about the samesize ispreserved at St. Michaels Church,Lichfield. It has the head of thecross sculptured in a sunken circu-lar panel, the stem and base being-incised. And again, at Fletchingin Sussex is a slab bearing a cross-botony in low relief, which, like theTadcaster slab, is in length exactly two feet five inches and a half. The singular manner in whichstone is chamfered is shewn by the section of it which accompaniesthe 0. V225Small Slab, Tadcaster, York. 1 See the figures given in the oppositepage. These small slabs have been consi-dered to be the memorials of of the Bakewell slabs do not mea-sure more than three feet in length. Thisis the case also with several of the slabsat Lympley Stoke, and at other places. Other examples of small slabs will hedescribed and figured in the subsequentpages of this volume. In some instances a very small crosshas been observed, cut upon a slab of thecustomary size. A remarkable exampleof such a slab is preserved in the cloistersof Lincoln^Cathedra). IN ENGLAND AND WALES. 35 A brief Inscription was at an early period added to thecross-symbol upon the lids of stone coffins a
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