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Facing him is St. Paul, with naked sword and open book. 

 On the right of Fig. 2 (face 3, shown in Fig. 3) is a figure 

 wearing a crown, and holding, in his right hand, a branch with 

 a big bird sitting on it, and in his left what apj>ears to be a 

 musical instrument like a harp. 



This personage is considered by Dr. Cox to be either King 

 David or Edward the Confessor. The emblem of the former 



Fig. 3. — Bakewell (faces 2, 3, 4, 5). 



is either a figure playing on the harp or else a figure bearing 

 the head of Goliath in his hand. 



King Edward the Confessor is represented either as a crowned 

 figure carrying St. Johns Gospel, or else with a sceptre in his 

 hands, though more often he bestows a ring ujwn St. John 

 the Evangelist, who is dressed as a pilgrim. 



Face 4, fig. 3, shows a figure seated in the attitude in which 

 saints are usually portrayed in Anglo-Saxon art ; in fact, this 



