. The Victoria history of the county of Cumberland. Natural history. A HISTORY OF CUMBERLAND ' Taylor's crosses.' Mr. Calverley thought he found traces of a crucifix on the east side, but the stone is very weathered and thickly crusted with lichen. We can only mention it as a specimen of a round-shafted cross, without any attempt to date it. Going south along the coast, at Beckermet, in St. Bridget's church-. Back and Edges of the Inscribed Cross, St. Bridget's, Beckermet. yard, we find two round shafts—one the famous inscribed cross. Leaving the inscription for the present, let us look at the
. The Victoria history of the county of Cumberland. Natural history. A HISTORY OF CUMBERLAND ' Taylor's crosses.' Mr. Calverley thought he found traces of a crucifix on the east side, but the stone is very weathered and thickly crusted with lichen. We can only mention it as a specimen of a round-shafted cross, without any attempt to date it. Going south along the coast, at Beckermet, in St. Bridget's church-. Back and Edges of the Inscribed Cross, St. Bridget's, Beckermet. yard, we find two round shafts—one the famous inscribed cross. Leaving the inscription for the present, let us look at the ornament, which has not commanded so much attention. It is a graceful development of spiral work, budding into trefoils, though not by any means resembling what we have seen of Anglian floral scrolls. It has more resemblance to a stone built into the south side of Haile church, distinctly a Cumbrian spiral work but suggest- ing leafage. As we have already seen, no distinct continuity can be traced between this style and Anglian examples, but the Cumbrian artist may have seen or heard of such and tried to make his spirals flowery. The St. Brid- get's inscribed cross is Spiral Fragment, Haile. therefore Connected on the one hand with the Cumbrian spiral school, while on the other it is connected with a new series. Near it is a similar pillar, comparatively slender and ornamented 264. 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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