. The Archaeological journal . er 1220. On the other hand, thefrequent representations of the tomb make it improbable thatthey are much later. In the stories of the Miracles wehave very little to help us. The Bedfordshire miracle musthave taken place before 1214, but very little before, as wegather from Benedicts mention of Prior Geoffrey, or is nothing known to exist in any manuscript whichwill give us the exact date more nearly. But if exact information is thus meagre, we may consoleourselves with the very decided indications afforded in thesedesigns that they belong to the mid
. The Archaeological journal . er 1220. On the other hand, thefrequent representations of the tomb make it improbable thatthey are much later. In the stories of the Miracles wehave very little to help us. The Bedfordshire miracle musthave taken place before 1214, but very little before, as wegather from Benedicts mention of Prior Geoffrey, or is nothing known to exist in any manuscript whichwill give us the exact date more nearly. But if exact information is thus meagre, we may consoleourselves with the very decided indications afforded in thesedesigns that they belong to the middle of the thirteenthcentury, or a very little earlier, without any reasonabledoubt. The learned archaeologist will easily find proofs inthe Becket series on which he may ground an opinion. Thedress, the architecture, the form of letter in the inscriptionsand many other things of the kind will give him information,on which he may rely. For myself I must depend on noneof these things, being insufficiently acquainted with any of. Canterbury Catbedral. Fraerment from a window in the North aisle of Choir, showing armour of the twelfth century.
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