A HISTORY OF DURHAM 



The east end of the Chapter House encroached on the site of the cemetery, 

 and the memorial crosses and grave covers must have been broken up and 

 used in the foundations of the new building. They consist of the heads, 

 more or less complete, of four crosses, the greater portion of a large coped 

 grave cover, broken into three pieces, and a smaller grave cover, with a cross 

 in relief upon it. The accompanying illustrations render a minute description 



unnecessary. It will 

 be convenient to 

 mention them in the 

 same order as that in 

 which they occur in 

 the Durham Cata- 

 logue. 1 



(A) This is the 

 largest and most com- 

 plete of the series. 

 The head, which is of 

 the Anglian type, has, 

 within a circle in the 

 centre of one face, 

 the Holy Lamb, re- 

 presented as standing 

 in front of a cross 

 fixed in a base on the 

 ground. In front of 

 the lamb is a circle, 

 the meaning of which 

 is obscure, unless it is 

 meant to represent 

 the sun.* In the up- 

 per limb is an angel 

 with four wings, and 

 on either side of the 

 angel's head is a 

 human face, looking 

 outwards. The side 

 limbs contain figures 

 of winged monsters 

 and cherubs. The 

 other face has in a cir- 

 cle a group of three 

 figures, which no 



BACK OK PORTION OF CROSS (A) FROM THE CHAPTER HOUSE, DURHAM. d ubt re P resent S the 



baptism of Christ. 3 

 In the upper limb is a bird with wings extended and a long tail. The side 



* In Canon Greenwell's Paper on these crosses, Trans. Dur. Northumb. Arch.Soc. iv. 123, plates 1-6, this 

 order is reversed. 



It does not occur in any one of the examples of this emblem on the Norman tympana illustrated i 

 Mr. Keyser's work. Figs. 98 to 108. 



3 A similar subject occurs on across in Kells churchyard, co. Meath. Illus. Arch. i. 165. 



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FROST OF PORTION OF CROSS (A) FROM THE CHAPTER Housi, DURHAM. 



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