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 . Small Mural Semi-effigial Monument, north wall of chancel,Narborough, Norfolk. upright position of the figures. A single arched canopy, richlycusped and croketed, rises above the two semi-effigies; the span-drels are occupied by large shields of arms; and the whole iscovered by a square embattled head-canopy. The idea of exhibiting in a monument parts onl
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 . Small Mural Semi-effigial Monument, north wall of chancel,Narborough, Norfolk. upright position of the figures. A single arched canopy, richlycusped and croketed, rises above the two semi-effigies; the span-drels are occupied by large shields of arms; and the whole iscovered by a square embattled head-canopy. The idea of exhibiting in a monument parts only of an effigyof the deceased, is also exemplified in Lichfield Cathedral after avery singular manner. In each of these memorials (they are threein number), the figure is designed to be regarded as placed behinda part of the wall, which itself forms the back of an arcade; andthe head and feet are shewn through two apparent apertures, oneshaped like an heraldic shield set sideways, the other square, which 156 CHRISTIAN MONUMENTS. are pierced in the alternate bays of the arcade, the intervening baybeing left blank. This arrangement will be best explained by theaccompanying sketches. Of each individual statue in these. Lichfield Cathedral monuments, says Sir Francis Palgrave, no-thing more is preserved than a head and shoulders, and ankles andfeet. These fragments, placed at the proper distances from eachother, are built up in the wall; and though the eye sees nothingbut parts of a figure, yet the mind sees all the remainder, and sup-plies all that is wanting. You have the entire effigy before the example of the learned author of The Merchant andthe Friar, I would express my hope that, in like manner, I haveintroduced into this Section of my volume a sufficient number andvariety of specimens, to give as good a notion of the Semi-effigialMonuments of the Middle Ages, even as though every individualrelic of this class had here been made the subject of special noticeand ca
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