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 . Ampleforth in Yorkshire, the chalice is representedas lying parallel with the stem of the cross. At Clixby inLincolnshire, to the cross andchalice is added a border-le-gend, whence it appears thatthis slab was laid down as thememorial of Robert Blanchard,a munificent benefactor to thesacred edifice within which itis still preserved. Instead ofits more gen
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 . Ampleforth in Yorkshire, the chalice is representedas lying parallel with the stem of the cross. At Clixby inLincolnshire, to the cross andchalice is added a border-le-gend, whence it appears thatthis slab was laid down as thememorial of Robert Blanchard,a munificent benefactor to thesacred edifice within which itis still preserved. Instead ofits more general position be-side the shaft of the cross, thechalice is sometimes placed atan equal distance from eitherside of the slab, and thus eitheroccupies the place of the cross-stem, or is incorporated withit. Three examples of the lat-ter arrangement I have alreadydescribed from Jervalx Abbeyand Newcastle - upon - are two other slabs ofthis same kind at Jervalx Ab-bey : one of these monuments,in addition to the cross andchalice, has the following in-scription incised upon a border-fillet:— Incised Slab, Clixby, Lincolnshire. HIC . IACET . IN . TVMBA . WILLS . NoFe (nomine) . CALLAY .CONSTRVXIT . TABVLA. DnT. TVRMA. S stances a small hollow has been observedto have been cut in the stone coffin, inorder to admit the chalice by the side ofthe remains. See Carters Architecture,plate lix.; and Gouges Monuments, vol. lxix., and vol. ii. introduction, p. the monumental effigies of priests, the chalice is commonly introduced, and it isgenerally represented as being grasped inthe hands; but sometimes it appears placedeither above or below them; and in a veryfew examples it is found by the side of thefigure. IN ENGLAND AND WALES. 63 And the other slab has on its surface the words, dvnwell . cano .sci. leonardi . ebor . the initial t of the Christian name of the
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