The antiquarian itinerary, comprising specimens of architecture, monastic, castellated, and domestic; with other vestiges of antiquity in Great BritainAccompanied with descriptions . , or sepulchral tablet,which tradition assures us formerly supported a chest, enve-loping the relics of Saint Neot: if this (as there is reason todoubt) was not its designation, it was possibly a monumentto the memory of the founder of the church. On this tabletis carved a regal crown ; and on the upper margin appearsthe imperfect OR: THE: SOV ...., tosupply the deficiencies of which, Mr. Whitaker
The antiquarian itinerary, comprising specimens of architecture, monastic, castellated, and domestic; with other vestiges of antiquity in Great BritainAccompanied with descriptions . , or sepulchral tablet,which tradition assures us formerly supported a chest, enve-loping the relics of Saint Neot: if this (as there is reason todoubt) was not its designation, it was possibly a monumentto the memory of the founder of the church. On this tabletis carved a regal crown ; and on the upper margin appearsthe imperfect OR: THE: SOV ...., tosupply the deficiencies of which, Mr. Whitaker has exercisedmuch ingenious criticism, but which was, doubtless, thecommon Catholic legend, FOR THE SOVL. The corniceof the roof within this chapel contains the abreviated in-scription ifjc many times repeated ; and the same deviceappears upon an escutcheon on each of the buttresses with-out ; this was the usual contraction for icjSU;^ or i^e^u^,the terminal (C) being used instead of (S), after the mannerof the ancient Greek. Jesus Chapel was formerly enclosedfrom the body of the church ; it was used as a school-roomtill 1745, in which year it was thrown open, with a laudable.
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