64 Notes on the Ornamentation of the Early 



and at Kirk Braddan/ in the Isle of Man. The bodies of the beasts 

 have a double outline on the cross-shaft from St. Alkmund's, Derby, 

 now in the Derby Museum ^ ; on the font at Wilne/ in Derbyshire ; 

 on the cross-shaft at Collingham,* in Yorkshire ; and on the coped 

 stone at Hickliug, Notts. 



We will now examine the beasts on the Wiltshire stones one by 

 one. 



One face of the cross-base (A) at Ramsbury has upon it a single 

 serpentine creature, apparently without any legs. The head, v.'hich is 

 at the top of the panel, is shown in plan {i.e., as it would be seen 

 looking down from above upon the two eyes and pointed snout). The 

 upper part of the body is tied into a Stafford knot, and the lower part 

 forms an S-shaped curve. The remainder of the body is fined down 

 to a narrow band which fills up the background with interlaced 

 work. The broad part of the body has a double outline, and is 

 ornamented with a chevron pattern made with two incised lines. 

 The narrow part is double beaded. Another of the faces of the same 

 cross-base (A) at Ramsbury shows a serpentine creature, similar in 

 general appearance to that just described, but differing somewhat in 

 the details, the head with the jaw biting the body being represented 

 in profile, with a fine array of teeth. 



Fragment (C) at Ramsbury is of exactly the same type as the 

 one first mentioned. The head is shown in plan, crossing the body 

 on the right side of the stone, and the body is ornamented with 

 chevrons. 



Fragment (I) at Colerne has upon it the upper portions of two 

 beasts placed symmetrically with their necks crossed and heads 

 shown in profile facing outwards over each other's shoulders. The 

 two fore legs of each beast point upwards and are crossed over the 

 necks and interlaced. The ends of the two tails pass through the 



' Cumming's " Runic Remains of the Isle of Man." 



* Eev. J. Charles Cox's " Churches of Derhyshire," vol. 4, p. 122. 



3 Ibid. 



* Prof. G. Stephens' " Old Northern Runic Monuments," vol. 1, p. 391. 



