Wildridge, T. Tindall (Thomas Tindall) · London, W. Andrews · leaf 191
174 THE GROTESQUE IN CHURCH ART. name, all being representations of weights, apparently of four- stone ponderosity. Thomas Donnington, the Precentor, whose name would doubtless often be written Do’ington, has … ee: there is at present no key by which to read them. The least doubtful is that given below. It has a “ton” rebus which will admit, however, of perhaps three different renderings. It is most likely Thorn-ton, less so Bar-ton, and still less Hop-ton, all Lincolnshire names. MERCHANT MARK,…
Art, European · Grotesque · Christian art and symbolism · Church decoration and ornament
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