Christian monuments in England and Wales : an historical and descriptive sketch of the various classes of sepulchral monuments which have been in use in this country from about the era of the Norman conquest to the time of Edward the Fourth . the border-legend, isnow lost. The legend itself may still be read, as follows : issy . GYT . SIRE . RICHARD . LE . FIS . SIRE . IOIIN . DE . BOSELYNGTIIORFE . ... alme ... devs . eyt . In the same county of Lincoln,at Croft, is another semi-effigy in brass of a knight armed withbanded mail. The slab to which this brass is affixed is now toomuch w
Christian monuments in England and Wales : an historical and descriptive sketch of the various classes of sepulchral monuments which have been in use in this country from about the era of the Norman conquest to the time of Edward the Fourth . the border-legend, isnow lost. The legend itself may still be read, as follows : issy . GYT . SIRE . RICHARD . LE . FIS . SIRE . IOIIN . DE . BOSELYNGTIIORFE . ... alme ... devs . eyt . In the same county of Lincoln,at Croft, is another semi-effigy in brass of a knight armed withbanded mail. The slab to which this brass is affixed is now toomuch worn and mutilated to supply materials for a satisfactory 1 See Archceologia Cambrensis, i. 444. 2 See cut at p. 146 ; also Illustrations ofthe Elford Monuments, by Edward Rich-ardson, Esq., sculptor. 3 See Monumental Brasses and Slabs, p. 113; see also Wallers MonumentalBrasses, part x. I have introduced theshield in the accompanying figure at , from a contemporary roll of arms: itsblazon is, or, a chevron, sable. X 146 CHRISTIAN MONUMENTS engraving: I have therefore figured only the brass itself. Theslab is rectangular in form, and it once had a border-legend ofsingle Lombardic letters between narrow fillets ; and at the angles. C. A. D 1150 Monumental Slab, Elford, Staffordshire
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