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 . Coffin-slab, Coflfin-^ab,Lyddington, Rutland. Aaton Ingham, Herefordshire. borough, near the city of Lincoln, in the chancel of the churchthere lies another slab, which shews a greater development of theeffigy above the cross than appears in the slabs at Lyddington and 1 There is also another curious semi-effigial slab in the same church at AstonIngham, u
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 . Coffin-slab, Coflfin-^ab,Lyddington, Rutland. Aaton Ingham, Herefordshire. borough, near the city of Lincoln, in the chancel of the churchthere lies another slab, which shews a greater development of theeffigy above the cross than appears in the slabs at Lyddington and 1 There is also another curious semi-effigial slab in the same church at AstonIngham, upon which the bust and feet of a female are represented, the interveningspace being plain. See Goughs Monu-ments, vol. ii. introduction, p. ex. IN ENGLAND AND WALES. 131 Aston Ingham. The cross itself in this example is remarkablefrom its having no shaft or base, notwithstanding that the slab isof large dimensions, and that a considerable space intervenes be-tween the cross-head and the feet of the effigy, which appeartoward the lower extremity of the stone. The semi-effigy is much. Semi-effigial Slab, Washingborough, Lincolnshire. worn and mutilated; and indeed all the upper part of the slab hassuffered greatly as well from wanton injury as from the effects oftime: enough, however, remains to enable us to distinguish thehead-gear of a female, and the sleeve-lappets worn in the four-teenth century, which are here represented as falling below the 132 CHRISTIAN MONUMENTS half-figure upon the surface of the slab. It is also evident thatthe open space about the figure was enclosed within a cuspedborder, and that there were figures to support the cushion beneaththe head. The section which accompanies the figure of this slabshews how the stone has been cut away above the effigy to admitthe modern altar-railing. In the same county of Lincoln, in thechurches at Kingerby and Norton Disney, are two slabs of thesame general character with the monuments which I have lastdescribed, but much
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