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Old Cornish crosses (1896)

Langdon, Arthur G, Allen, J. Romilly (John Romilly), 1847-1907 · Truro: J. Pollard · leaf 302

An illustration from Old Cornish crosses, 1896, leaf 302
and the shaft, which shows an entasis on ORNAMENTED CROSSES 265 one side only, has chamfered angles. On the front they are stoppedat the neck, but on the back they are carried round the head. Dimensions.—Height, 6 ft. 2 in. ; width of head, i ft. loin, ;width of shaft : at the top 13 in., at the… … expanded, forming a kind of foot, or stand. Parallel to the upperlimbs, and contained in the head, are incised lines carried nearlyto the outline of the head ; and in the middle of the cross a smallcircular hole is sunk. Back.—With the exception of the expanded foot on the shaft andthe incised…

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