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 . Chalice upon a MonumentalSlab. CatBeld. 1 I have here introduced the engravingof this brass from my Monumental Brassesof England. 2 See Cotmans Norfolk Brasses; seealso my Monumental Brasses and Slabs,p. 122, where the Burlingham chalice is 112 CHRISTIAN MONUMENTS Upon some other slabs there appears, as a monumental device,a figure of the human Heart. In
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 . Chalice upon a MonumentalSlab. CatBeld. 1 I have here introduced the engravingof this brass from my Monumental Brassesof England. 2 See Cotmans Norfolk Brasses; seealso my Monumental Brasses and Slabs,p. 122, where the Burlingham chalice is 112 CHRISTIAN MONUMENTS Upon some other slabs there appears, as a monumental device,a figure of the human Heart. In a few instances this may denotethat the heart only of the deceased was interred in the place inwhich this memorial was laid down. This has been ascertained tohave been the case in the church of St. Mary the Virgin in Wig-genhale, in the county of Norfolk, where is a brass comprising a. Brass to Sia Robert St. Marys Wiggenhale, Norfolk. heart, with four scrolls bearing a commemorative legend. Upona slab in the pavement of the presbytery in Chichester Cathedral,a heart is represented as held by two hands within a trefoil, andthe whole is charged upon a shield: the trefoil bore a legend, ofwhich may yet be distinguished the words,—ici . gist . le . cover . figured. The chalice at Catfield is accom-panied upon the slab with an inscriptionto Richard Floo, rector. The chalice at , York, is the earliest exampleof this class of memorials which I havenoticed : they were generally executed in the sixteenth century. The chalice at Colbyis accompanied by scrolls bearing legends,and is altogether a very curious specimen :that at Leeds is of large dimensions andunusual form. IN ENGLAND AND WALES. 113 MAVD. de It would appear from this inscription, that the heart only of the deceased Maud had been buried beneath her in-cised slab. This same fact may be also i
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