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 . Southacre in Norfolk is a slab, fromwhich the brass has been torn away, and alllost except a few fragments, which are keptin the parish chest. These fragments, to-gether with the indents on the face of theslab, shew the original composition to have consisted of a heart held by two hands, twoachievements of arms, and several of the remaining fr
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 . Southacre in Norfolk is a slab, fromwhich the brass has been torn away, and alllost except a few fragments, which are keptin the parish chest. These fragments, to-gether with the indents on the face of theslab, shew the original composition to have consisted of a heart held by two hands, twoachievements of arms, and several of the remaining fragments are en-graved on both sides; and on the reverseof one the engraving is apparently Fle-mish. IN ENGLAND AND WALES. 115 thus, with the shield, they form a pointed oval or vesica. Thiscurious monument is preserved within a plain mural arch in thesouth aisle. It is very probable that, in this instance also, theheart only of the deceased was buried where the monument yetremains. A heart was also placed occasionally above monumental effigies ;as at Fawsley in Northamptonshire, above the head of an armedfigure, where the heart is accompanied by three scrolls bearing thelegend, Credo quod, &c. ; and again, at All Hallows Barking,. Part of Brass to John and Joanna Bacon,All Hallows Barking, London. in London, above the figures of John Bacon, wool-merchant, andJoanna his wife ; in which example the heart is inscribed with theword O^ZVC^, and encircling it is a scroll, which proceeds from themouths of the figures, and bears two short precatory date of this brass is A Rose is sometimes found to have been represented uponmonumental slabs as a religious emblem; but the sentiment whichwas thus figuratively conveyed is obscure and uncertain. Goughmentions a slab in St. Peters Church at St. Albans, which has,beneath the effigy of a priest, a large rose in brass, and he gives 1 At Hitchin in Hertfordshire, above the mental Brasses and Slabs, p. 103. Heartsfigure
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