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 . ins to shew that this is the mo-nument of a lord of the barony ofGreystoke, whose shield, chargedwith his armorial insignia, — threecushions, — is so placed as to coverparts of the stem of the cross andof the blade of the sword; that partof the inscription which is now le-gible contains the words — iohes .codam (quondam) . baro . de . Upon man
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 . ins to shew that this is the mo-nument of a lord of the barony ofGreystoke, whose shield, chargedwith his armorial insignia, — threecushions, — is so placed as to coverparts of the stem of the cross andof the blade of the sword; that partof the inscription which is now le-gible contains the words — iohes .codam (quondam) . baro . de . Upon many of these slabsboth sword and shield are placed onthe same side of the cross, and gene-rally the shield has the appearanceof hanging in front of the is a good example of thisarrangement at Kirkby Stephen inWestmoreland: the shield is herecharged with the armorial insigniaof the Amongst manyother monumental stones of greatinterest, lying in the burial-groundof Durham Cathedral, is one slab, upon which the knightly beltis shewn encircling the weapon of the deceased warrior. Theshield is here omitted, and the sword and belt are placed on thesinister side of the cross, while on the opposite side is sculptured. mmmm -?inflh—in Monumental Slab, Greystoke,Cumberland. 1 See Lysons Cumberland, p. cxcvi. ;also Goughs Monuments, vol. i. p. It will be observed that the cross does not stand in the centre of the slab inthis example. See the cut at p. 76. 76 CHRISTIAN MONUMENTS some other object, now too much defaced for its character to be
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