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 (1854)
Boutell, Charles, 1812-1877 · London : G. Bell · leaf 105
83 IN ENGLAND AND WALES. stone coffin-lid of very early date, upon which is incised a sword in this position. The inscription, which is also incised upon this memorial, I am unable to decipher ; the annexed figure gives an exact fac-simile of it. In some other examples the sword forms the… … Small IncisecTSlab, Monumental Slab, Cambo, Rhuddlan. Northumberland. above the hilt of the weapon. A slab at Gorforth in Northum- berland exemplifies this arrangement.1 From the other devices with which upon some monumental slabs it is associated, the figure of a sword appears to indicate the…
Sepulchral monuments
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