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 . n having thepattern of its ornamentationmore lozenge-shaped. Thislast slab was found duringsome excavations in thechurchyard, covering thehead of a skeleton, whichwas lying in a very rudecist or coffin, constructed ofsuch stones as are used toform a In Wales also are occasion-ally found inscribed stones,evidently sepulchral memo-rials, to wh
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 . n having thepattern of its ornamentationmore lozenge-shaped. Thislast slab was found duringsome excavations in thechurchyard, covering thehead of a skeleton, whichwas lying in a very rudecist or coffin, constructed ofsuch stones as are used toform a In Wales also are occasion-ally found inscribed stones,evidently sepulchral memo-rials, to which a very early ginally covered over with earth, we shall undoubtedly of the tenth and ninth cen- perhaps be disposed to regard them as turies, if not earlier, have been observed in simply the prototypes of the coffin-plates Ireland. See Mr. Petries admirable work of modern times ; and thus shall exclude on the early ecclesiastical architecture of them altogether from being reckoned as the sister island. monuments, properly so called. 2 In the Archceological Journal, vol. iii. 1 See Maitlands Church in the Cata- p. 105, occurs a very interesting paper by combs. Slabs of a similar character, and the Rev. Abner W. Brown, describing the. 4 CHRISTIAN MONUMENTS date must be assigned. These stones are of the simplest, and indeedthe rudest character; but they are both interesting and valuable, asthe relics of almost the primitive ages of our national Besides these flat slabs of stone, which were so placed as tocover the remains of the persons they were designed to commemo-rate, upright stones of memorial were also in use from a very earlyperiod; but of these the known existing remains are very few innumber, while in their character they are generally somewhat un-certain and indefinite. Memorials of this class almost invariablyexhibit the symbol of the cross, accompanied with a profusion ofinterlaced and knotted carving; and they also have some brieflegend. A most interesting
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