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 . 5 1325. Braes of John and Maud de Blaxii&donb, East Wickham, Kent. tion. Of this inscription the centre-line appears to have beendesigned to supply the place of the stem of the cross. It willbe observed that one of the foils of the quatrefoil panel, withinwhich the bust of matilda le caus is sculptured, intervenes be- 126 CHRISTIAN MONUMENTS tween
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 . 5 1325. Braes of John and Maud de Blaxii&donb, East Wickham, Kent. tion. Of this inscription the centre-line appears to have beendesigned to supply the place of the stem of the cross. It willbe observed that one of the foils of the quatrefoil panel, withinwhich the bust of matilda le caus is sculptured, intervenes be- 126 CHRISTIAN MONUMENTS tween the usual initial cross of a border-legend and the commence-ment of the legend In many other examples the stem of the cross is omitted alto-gether; and the surface of the slabbetween the openings for the headand feet of the semi-effigy, whethercoped or flat, is quite plain. AtMoor-Monkton in Yorkshire, (and.
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