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 . Fratmentof incised Slab. Bak; lection. The key is also the onlysymbol which accompanies the crossupon another slab, now preservedat Margam in Glamorganshire. Thekey occurs again, at Wing in Buck-inghamshire, on the brass of Thomas Cotes, ^D^tt^ ftt #0COttl^all; and in this instance with the key is a Incised Slab, Greystoke. Archceol Journal,
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 . Fratmentof incised Slab. Bak; lection. The key is also the onlysymbol which accompanies the crossupon another slab, now preservedat Margam in Glamorganshire. Thekey occurs again, at Wing in Buck-inghamshire, on the brass of Thomas Cotes, ^D^tt^ ftt #0COttl^all; and in this instance with the key is a Incised Slab, Greystoke. Archceol Journal, vol. v. p. 252. Thereis also on the same page a figure of theBamburgh slab. The fine collection ofslabs at Newbigging were discovered dur-ing the recent restoration of the church. 1 See also Archceol. Jour. vol. v. p. 252. 2 The fish, as a symbol expressive ofthe name of Christ, was a favourite devicewith the early Christians: accordingly,upon their monuments sometimes theIX0T2 was expressed at length ; or, at other times, the fish itself was figured, asrecommended by Clement of Maitlands Church in the Catacombs,p. 213. The word IX0T2, in Greek sig-nifying a fish, is composed of the initialletters of the words IH20T2 . XPI2TOS .©EOT . TI02 . 2HTHP . tha
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