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 . I Foot c. ;. MOO. 2nd Henry and Base of a Cross, Grainthorpe Church, stem and one of the finials are lost from the original, the height of which, when entire, wns 7 feetThe remains of this Brass now lie on the pavement of the Chancel. 44 CHRISTIAN MONUMENTS of later date. In tins monument the upper and two transverse ex-trem
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 . I Foot c. ;. MOO. 2nd Henry and Base of a Cross, Grainthorpe Church, stem and one of the finials are lost from the original, the height of which, when entire, wns 7 feetThe remains of this Brass now lie on the pavement of the Chancel. 44 CHRISTIAN MONUMENTS of later date. In tins monument the upper and two transverse ex-tremities are richly floriated, the stem is diapered with quatrefoils,and the three steps of the base shew traces of corresponding elabo-. ? £C ). 1163.—Incised Slab. Thornton Abbey rate enrichment. At the intersection of the cross is placed thesacred monogram, here expressed by the letters ihu within acircle, and upon the cross itself are incised the words, mercy .mercy—lady . HELPE. About the edges of the slab, which is oflarge dimensions, measuring 6 feet 8 inches by 3 feet 4 inches, is IN ENGLAND AND WALES. 45 placed the border-legend : it is engraved without lines or angle-emblems, in very bold letters, and runs thus:— HIC . IACET . ROBERTUS. GUDYK .QUI . OBIIT . PRT° . DIE . MENS .OCTOB . A0 . DNI . M . CCCC0 .LXIIJ . ET . JOHA . UXOR . EI .QU°. AIABS . PPICIET . DS . Upon a slab found in digging atthe Friery, Lichfield, the border-legend is arranged after the samemanner, and in this instance it isplaced between lines; and thislegend, which constitutes thesole accompaniment to the crossin this monument, is very curi-ous, as shewing the kind of bar-gains which were made betweenth
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