. The Victoria history of the county of Cumberland. Natural history. The 'Norse' Cross, St. Bees. Key patterns are rather rare in Cumberland on these later crosses. The fragment from Mr. Rowley's house at Glassonby, now in TuUie House Museum, has a band of double alternate tJ-TX, as on the Maen- y-Chwyfan and in crosses at Chester and St. Vigean's. Single bands of T's occur in Cheshire, Wales and Cornwall, and in a grave-slab at Clonmacnois, Ireland, dated 931 The other sides of the Glassonby. The Standing Cross, St. Bees. shaft have a rude figure and a dragonesque interlacing, and the wh
. The Victoria history of the county of Cumberland. Natural history. The 'Norse' Cross, St. Bees. Key patterns are rather rare in Cumberland on these later crosses. The fragment from Mr. Rowley's house at Glassonby, now in TuUie House Museum, has a band of double alternate tJ-TX, as on the Maen- y-Chwyfan and in crosses at Chester and St. Vigean's. Single bands of T's occur in Cheshire, Wales and Cornwall, and in a grave-slab at Clonmacnois, Ireland, dated 931 The other sides of the Glassonby. The Standing Cross, St. Bees. shaft have a rude figure and a dragonesque interlacing, and the whole is evidently Scandinavian of the earher type (that is, not of the fine school of Gosforth), perhaps tenth century. The 'Norse cross' at St. Bees 262. 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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