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 . S stances a small hollow has been observedto have been cut in the stone coffin, inorder to admit the chalice by the side ofthe remains. See Carters Architecture,plate lix.; and Gouges Monuments, vol. lxix., and vol. ii. introduction, p. the monumental effigies of priests, the chalice is commonly introduced, and it isgenerally repre
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 . S stances a small hollow has been observedto have been cut in the stone coffin, inorder to admit the chalice by the side ofthe remains. See Carters Architecture,plate lix.; and Gouges Monuments, vol. lxix., and vol. ii. introduction, p. the monumental effigies of priests, the chalice is commonly introduced, and it isgenerally represented as being grasped inthe hands; but sometimes it appears placedeither above or below them; and in a veryfew examples it is found by the side of thefigure. IN ENGLAND AND WALES. 63 And the other slab has on its surface the words, dvnwell . cano .sci. leonardi . ebor . the initial t of the Christian name of the. Incised Slab, Well, Yorkshire. deceased canon being placed on the other side of the cross, andimmediately adjoining the At Well in Yorkshire is 1 The chalices in these two slabs atJervalx Abbey have the appearance ofresting upon the cross-stem. They areboth figured in Whittakers Richmond-shire, vol. i. pp. 423, 424. From the in-scription upon these slabs, it is evidentthat William Callay, the ecclesiastic thuscommemorated, was an artist of no com-mon merit. The tabula which he is re- corded to have constructed, was an orna-mental appendage to the altar, used onlyon occasions of high solemnity, and formedof the richest materials and with the mostelaborate workmanship. See Du Cange,Glossarium, in voce Tabula ; see alsoArchceologia, vol. xxx. p. 144, where isa description of a magnificent tabula ofwrought gold, with an engraving. The 64 CHRISTIAN MONUMENTS another good specimen of this mode of placing the chalice ; but thisslab bears no inscription. Upon one of the coped slabs
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