Excerpt from Old Cornish Crosses When, with ever-increasing interest, I was led, some twelve years ago, to commence making measured drawings of the Ancient Crosses of my native county, I had no intention of producing a book on the subject. I was already well acquainted with Mr. J. T. Blight's Ancient Crosses and Antiquities of Cornwall, ' and my original idea was to draw only those which he had omitted. My difficulties, however, soon commenced. In the first place, it was necessary to re-draw all the ornate examples, since, practically, none of the ornament upon them had been shown. Then there were the numerous districts unexplored by Mr. Blight; and, lastly, many crosses had been dis covered subsequent to the publication of his book. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Specimens of Ancient Cornish Crosses, Fonts, Etc 3. Near S. Clere's well. The external form of this example is that of a Latin Cross but a Greek Cross is raised upon its face. On the lower part some curious waving lines are carved in a perpendicular. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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Excerpt from Old Crosses and Lychgates To obtain a sufficiently representative series there has been no occasion to go beyond the confines of England and Wales. Within those limits a very large number of types is to be found, every one of which is illustrated in the following pages. I do not pretend to have treated the subject exhaustively, but I do claim that never before has so manifold a range of crosses been depicted within the compass ofa single volume; nor has so systematic an analysis and classification of the various types of crosses, tracing the course of their historic evolution, been attempted by any previous writer in the English language. My classification, based solely upon the study of anatomical form and structure, is original, and presents the subject in an entirely new aspect. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from The Crosses of Monmouthshire The crosses of Monmouthshire are neither so numerous as those of Cornwall, nor so beautiful as the best examjjles in Glamorganshire and Gloucestershire, yet they possess an interest of their own and in the study of their remains nuich may be learnt and luucli is to be admired.1 have divided this W(jrk into two portions; the first contains all the churchyard crosses I have been able to discover, the latter the wayside crosses I have succeeded to the best of my ability in identifying. In the part containing the wayside crosses it is probable that there are some inaccuracies owing to the lapse of time and the death of )ersons acquainted with local traditions. In nearly every case the site of each cross has been pei-sonally visited, and in some of the churchyards tlie base of the cross has been dug out of the turf. In the ten rural deaneries of the Archdeaconry of Monmouth there exist remains of seventy-nine churchyard crosses. These are very unequally distributed, the ancient and agricultural deaneries having a great many: the modern and manufacturing ones, such as Abergavenny Blaenau Gwent, very few. Some of the bases, shafts, and remains are extremely handsome: notably Mitchel Troy, Bettws Ncwydd, Raglan, Bedwas, and Undy. Some of them are little more than square stones, or a piece of turf marking the site. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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