ANGLO-SAXON REMAINS 



Front of Portion of Cross (C) from the 

 Chapter House, Durham. 



limbs have each the same subject, two figures holding books ; the outer 

 figure is the larger, and holds a cross as well as a book. The ends of 

 the arms and the sides of the upper limbs have upon them panels of interlaced 

 work. 



(B) This fragment consists of a cen- 

 tral portion and side limbs only. On 

 one side it has the representaticm of a 

 Crucifixion. The figure of our Lord is 

 nearly all broken away. On either side 

 of the cross are two figures, with the 

 arms folded. In the side limbs are again 

 the same figures as described in A. On 

 the opposite side is the representation of 

 the Baptism of our Lord as on A. 



(C) This fragment has the centre, 

 one arm, and the lower limb of a cross 

 head. In the centre, within a circle, is 

 the Crucifixion, with a single figure on 

 either side of the cross. In the side 

 limb are two monsters placed in saltire, 

 the heads outwards, and the bodies ham- 

 pered by an interlaced band. In the lower limb is a draped kneeling figure 

 holding a tree, beyond which is a long-legged bird looking towards the 

 figure. The trees have terminations like bunches of grapes. On the opposite 

 side the Baptism occurs again, and above it the tail of a bird, as in A. In 

 the lower limbs is an animal, which may represent a lion combating with 

 a snake which is biting the lion's ear. On the body of the lion are incised 



lines, representing a twisted 

 band with three loops. 



All these three cross heads 

 are made of the same kind of 

 stone, and were probably all 

 carved by the same hand, and 

 at nearly the same time. 



(D) Head of a cross nearly 

 complete, of much coarser stone 

 and ruder workmanship than 

 the others. On one face is a 

 figure having arms of a length 

 out of all proportion to the 

 figure itself, and which are ex- 

 tended and grasp the limbs of 

 two monsters which occupy the 

 side limbs of the cross, and are 

 involved with interlaced bands. 

 In the triangular spaces above 

 and below the arms of the figure there are, in those above, two birds with their 

 beaks touching, while below are triquetras. On the opposite face, within a 

 circle, the Holy Lamb, behind which is the cross standing on the ground, and 



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Front op Portion of Cross (D) from the Chapter House, 

 Durham. 



