The book of sun-dials; originally compiled by the late Mrs. Alfred Gatty; now enl. and re-edited by H. K. F. Eden and Eleanor Lloyd (1900)
Gatty, Alfred, Mrs., 1809-1873, Eden, Horatia K. F. Gatty, Lloyd, Eleanor, Evans, Lewis · London, G. Bell · leaf 77
ial. The date of this noble cross shaft is a.d. 670.Its history is told by the inscriptions, which have been deciphered andthus interpreted by the present Bishop of Bristol : -\- THIS SIGBEEN THUN SETTON HWAETRED WOTHGAR OLWFWOLTHU AFTALCHFRITHU FAN KUNING EAC OSWIUNG + GEBH) HEO SINNA SOWHULA. [… … FRUMAN GEAR—KUNINGES—RICES THAEES —ECGFRiTHU. \First year of the kingof this realm Ecgfrith7\ On the north side the names : KUNNBURUG, KUNESWITHA, MURCNA RUNG wuLFHERE. [Cyuiditrga, Cyncswitha,King of Mercia7is IVjdfherc.] Above are three crosses, and thesacred name Gessus := /csiis. Thus, as…
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