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B. The language. 



This would include the forms of words, their inflections, their 

 meanings, and their constructions. In the case of the frag- 

 ments of The Dream of the Rood, an examination of the lan- 

 guage would imply comparison, particularly with the other 

 specimens of that Old Enghsh dialect, the Northumbrian, to 

 which the fragments belong. 



C. Metrical peculiarities. 



These would be found, if at all, only in the fragments of The 

 Dream of the Rood on the Ruthwell Cross. 



D. Historical subject-matter, if any. 

 IL The Figure- Sculpture. 



Here are included : 



1 . Single figures or groups belonging to the Gospel story, sometimes 

 with symbolical accessories. These include (all Ruthwell but 

 the first and last) : 



John the Baptist with the Agnus Dei (Ruthwell and Bew- 



castle). 

 The Annunciation. 

 The Visitation. 

 The Flight into Egypt. 

 Christ's Heahng of the Blind Man. 

 The Anointing of Christ's Feet. 

 The Crucifixion. 

 The Figure of Christ alone (Ruthwell and Bewcastle). 



2. Groups belonging to Christian legend. The single example 

 of these is the group of Paul the Hermit and St. Anthony. 



3. Genr e-suh]ecis. Here would apparently belong the man with 

 the hawk of the Bewcastle Cross, and perhaps the archer of 

 the Ruthwell Cross. 



HL The Decorative Sculpture. 

 Here belong : 



1. The vines or foliage-scrolls of both the Ruthwell and the Bew- 

 castle Crosses. 



2. The chequers of the Bewcastle Cross. 



3. The interlacings or knots of the Bewcastle Cross. 



4. The sundial of the Bewcastle Cross (unless this be regarded 

 as purely utilitarian). 



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