The Reliquary, Volume 25John Russell Smith, 1884 |
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... shaft , and the third belonged to the head , the shape of the latter clearly indicating that this interesting memorial of early Christian art , in its perfect state , was terminated by a form of cross and circle similar to those at ...
... shaft , and the third belonged to the head , the shape of the latter clearly indicating that this interesting memorial of early Christian art , in its perfect state , was terminated by a form of cross and circle similar to those at ...
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... shaft are covered with an elaborate carving of men and animals , intermingled with the interlacing ornament characteristic of the Anglo - Saxon period . The complicated folds of the coil are very perfect , and show considerable ...
... shaft are covered with an elaborate carving of men and animals , intermingled with the interlacing ornament characteristic of the Anglo - Saxon period . The complicated folds of the coil are very perfect , and show considerable ...
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... shaft , standing with arms outstretched , may not improbably have been intended for the bishop who first began the evangelisation of Mercia― Diuma , whose preaching had such a wondrous effect on the rude natures of our Saxon forefathers ...
... shaft , standing with arms outstretched , may not improbably have been intended for the bishop who first began the evangelisation of Mercia― Diuma , whose preaching had such a wondrous effect on the rude natures of our Saxon forefathers ...
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... shaft , but that the coal was followed downwards from the surface , like the pit at Stretton , a kind of pit termed a 66 Footrill , " " Drift . " or In the accounts of James Gregorie , churchwarden for 1610 , we have- It : my charges at ...
... shaft , but that the coal was followed downwards from the surface , like the pit at Stretton , a kind of pit termed a 66 Footrill , " " Drift . " or In the accounts of James Gregorie , churchwarden for 1610 , we have- It : my charges at ...
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... shaft of an early cross ; the other edge being similarly sculptured , but with a plait whose strands were double . The two sides of the stone have been carefully engraved , from photographs , by Professor Magnus Petersen , of Copenhagen ...
... shaft of an early cross ; the other edge being similarly sculptured , but with a plait whose strands were double . The two sides of the stone have been carefully engraved , from photographs , by Professor Magnus Petersen , of Copenhagen ...
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Page 19 - Whitsun ales, and morris dances, and the setting up of maypoles and other sports therewith used: so as the same be had in due and convenient time, without impediment or neglect of divine service...
Page 18 - Cincinnati etal. thence on a hurdle to the place of execution ; where you are to be hanged by the neck ; that you be cut down alive, that your privy members be cut off, your bowels be taken out and burnt in your view ; that your head be severed from your body ; that your body be divided into four quarters ; which are to be disposed of at the king's pleasure : and God of His infinite mercy have mercy upon your soul.
Page 19 - It was drawn up by bishop Moreton, and dated from Greenwich, May 24, 1618, and it was to this effect :— " That for his good people's recreation, his majesty's pleasure was, that after the end of divine service, they should not be disturbed, letted, or discouraged, from any lawful recreations ; such as dancing, either of men or women, archery for men, leaping, vaulting, or any such harmless recreations ; nor having of may-games, whitson-ales, or morrice-dances, or setting up of may-poles, or other...
Page 18 - ... you are to be drawn on hurdles to the place of execution, where you are to be hanged by the neck, but not until you are dead...
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