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was fed by a raven, that brought him a loaf daily, which, 
on the occasion of St. Paul’s visit, they shared between 
them. The inscription is imperfect, but reads :—“scs PAVLYS 
ET A[NTONIVS EREMITAE| FREGER[VN|T PANEM IN DESERTO—“ St. 
Paul and St. Anthony, hermits, broke their loaf in the 
desert.” The central panel on this side is the most impor- 
tant as containing a representation of the Saviour himself 
in the usual attitude of benediction, and bearing a scroll 
(the sacred volume) in his left hand. He is here represented, 
as on the Bewcastle Cross, treading on two swine; while on 
other early crosses He is frequently shown treading on a worm 
or a dragon. The inscription is taken from the Apocryphal 
Gospel of the Nativity, and reads :—“‘1Hs XPS IVDEX AEQVITATIS 
SERTO SALVATOREM MVNDI BESTIAE ET DRACONES COGNOVERVNT IN 
DE[sERTO]” * :—“ Jesus Christ, the Judge of Righteousness : 
Beasts and dragons knew in the desert the Saviour of the world.” 
Above this panel is another containing the figure of John the 
Baptist standing on two globes, bearing the Agnus Der on his 
breast. The only word now legible of the inscription which 
surrounded this panel is “[A]porAmMvs”—‘ We adore.” The 
next panel, corresponding to the one on the other side containing 
the archer, represents two figures face to face, but the subject is 
doubtful. The top stone on this side contains a bird perched on 
the last spray of the vine—representing the Dove of Peace. But 
it is the inscription on the raised border which is of supreme 
interest—more so than any other part of the monument, from its 
containing the name of the author of the poem. Professor 
Stephens, of Copenhagen, has read the inscription as CADMON ME 
F@UOTHO = CADMON ME MADE. 
As these three words have given rise to so much controversy 
in the literary world, it is much to be regretted that they cannot 
now be accurately read on the Cross, as Cardonnel’s plate is very 
inaccurate in this part. I shall say no more about this part till we 
come to deal with the Runic inscriptions, after describing the 
scroll ornamentation. And here I cannot do better than quote the 
words of Dr Anderson in his lecture on the Cross. He says :— 
“The sculptures on these narrow sides, instead of being figure- 
subjects in panels, as on the broad faces of the Cross, are running 
7 The part of the word deserto here placed within brackets has been misplaced by the 
carver of the inscription. Dr Duncan wrongly translated this inscription as follows :— 
“¢ Jesus Christ the Judge of righteousness— Him assuredly to be the Saviour of the world, 
beast and dragons knew from thence.” 
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