. The Victoria history of the county of Cumberland. Natural history. REMAINS OF THE PRE-NORMAN PERIOD There can be no doubt that the sculpture is meant to illustrate the story. Above is a horseman with spear upside down, and over him a man standing with a horn in his left hand and a staff in his right, with which he is restraining the attack of two plaited serpents. This seems to illustrate lines in the same poem referring to Heimdal the warder of the gods, who at the battle of Ragnarok, the Armageddon. Hk, T- ^'" tv ^ ir "⢠^ -j^ - ~ â â -i >. Please note that these images are e
. The Victoria history of the county of Cumberland. Natural history. REMAINS OF THE PRE-NORMAN PERIOD There can be no doubt that the sculpture is meant to illustrate the story. Above is a horseman with spear upside down, and over him a man standing with a horn in his left hand and a staff in his right, with which he is restraining the attack of two plaited serpents. This seems to illustrate lines in the same poem referring to Heimdal the warder of the gods, who at the battle of Ragnarok, the Armageddon. Hk, T- ^'" tv ^ ir "⢠^ -j^ - ~ â â -i >. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Wilson, James, Vicar of Dalston. Westminster [A. Constable and company, limited]
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