Half-hour lectures on the history and practice of the fine and ornamental arts (1875)
Scott, William Bell, 1811-1890, Linton, W. J. (William James), 1812-1897, illustrator · New York : Scribner, Welford & Armstrong · leaf 127
communities, is said to have been in- GRAVE CROSSES. Ill troduced into this country in 750, the graves being verylittle sunk and the lid of the stone coffin appearing abovethe ground. This lid soon began to be decorated, but themass of people undoubtedly had no enclosure of any kind.Matthew Paris,… … Tomb of King Rufus, Winchester: died 1100. the remains, and these were invariably carved from theeleventh century down to the Decorated period, and ex-hibited an endless variety of design in the long-shaftedcross with foliated head, which formed their invariableembellishment. Generally this cross…
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