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The arts in early England (1903)

Brown, G. Baldwin (Gerard Baldwin), 1849-1932, Webster, A. Blyth (Adam Blyth), 1882-1956, Sexton, Eric H. L. (Eric Hyde Lord), 1902-1980 · London, J. Murray · leaf 265

An illustration from The arts in early England, 1903, leaf 265
zed. PI. xix, 2 shows thesmaller stone. The characters run from the top of the stonedownwards and some of them are to be made out in the illus-tration, but even on the stone they are very faint. Stephensreading, very kindly verified and where necessary correctedfrom the original by Mr. Henry Meade… … Fig. -Runic Tombstone from Sandwich. datable Anglo-Frisian inscriptions in which the characteroccurs give it two parallel cross-strokes, as Fig. 8, a. On theother hand the single cross-stroke is normal in Scandinavia,and this would favour a Viking origin for the stones. Theycannot at any rate be…

Art · Architecture · Architecture, Medieval · Church architecture · Crosses · Decoration and ornament, Celtic · Inscriptions, Runic

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