The Victoria history of the county of Cornwall . contains illustrations ofthe coped stones, and early cross slabs. Since 1845 several papers on the crosses have appeared from timeto time in the journals of various archaeological societies, amongstwhich may be mentioned Archaeologia Cambrensis, the ArchaeologicalJournal^ and the fournal of the British Archaeological Association. The crosses may be divided broadly into two classes, Unornamentedand Ornamented. Coped stones and early cross slabs, both of whichbelong to the same period, may be taken with the crosses, and it will beexpedient to defi
The Victoria history of the county of Cornwall . contains illustrations ofthe coped stones, and early cross slabs. Since 1845 several papers on the crosses have appeared from timeto time in the journals of various archaeological societies, amongstwhich may be mentioned Archaeologia Cambrensis, the ArchaeologicalJournal^ and the fournal of the British Archaeological Association. The crosses may be divided broadly into two classes, Unornamentedand Ornamented. Coped stones and early cross slabs, both of whichbelong to the same period, may be taken with the crosses, and it will beexpedient to define the types, giving lists illustrating typical examples ofeach kind under consideration, arranging them in order according totheir state of development. But it must be clearly understood at theoutset that no two crosses are exactly alike: they simply possess certain Elvan is the local name for trap dykes. * The Catholick Miscellany of February, 1827, reproduced almost the same plate, omitting one stone. 424 EARLY CHRISTIAN MONUMENTS PLATE VII. Fig. 51.
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