Archaic England, an essay in deciphering prehistory from megalithic monuments, earthworks, customs, coins, placenames, and faeric superstitions (1919)
Bayley, Harold · London : Chapman & Hall ltd. · leaf 849
Fig. 477.—Iberian. From Akerman. seems to have been dedicated. In Celtic cris meant pure,holy; crios meant the Sun : ^ the principal site of Apollo-worship was the island of Crissa; in England Christy ^is a familiar surname, and I am convinced that the … Fir.. 47S.—Kerris Roimdaoo. From Anliquifiea of CormcaU. Christ tradition in Britain owed little to the Romanmission of Augustine, but was of far older origin. Wemay perhaps trace the original transit of Cris to Sancris atCarissa, now Carixa, in Spain : among the numerous coinsof this district some…
Archaeology · England -- Antiquities
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