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manv persons. There- 

 are twelve crosses upon 

 the inside n-alls (not on 

 tlic pillars or columns) 

 — one each side of the 

 main entrance, one each 

 side of the sanctuary, 

 and four upon each side 

 wall. Thev are seven- 

 feet si.x-inches from the 

 floor and are some- 

 times painted upon the 

 \\alls. sometimes of 

 metal let into the walls, 

 and sometimes cut into 

 tiie stone (or, if the 

 walls be not of stone, 

 cut into inserted stones). 

 .\ metal, or wood, 

 sconce (in which a 

 candle is kept burning 



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It All Saiiitj.'. Norwich 



nil — as sometimes is also 

 a cross on both door- 

 jambs of the main 

 entrance. These two 

 iwhich are four-feet 

 six-inches from the 

 .ground and have no 

 sconce) are usually, but 

 not always, cut into the 

 jambs ; if the jambs are 

 made of brick two small 

 stones (in which the 

 crosses are cut) are let 

 into the bricks. The 

 large number of crosses 

 sometimes found upon 

 door-jambs puzzled 

 manv correspondents 

 (one of whom suggested 

 that thev are " Institu- 

 t ion "" crosses, i .c. 



1 K.URE 143. Consecration Cross at Rockland. St. Marv 



Figure 144. Consecration Cross at Sicevton. 



from the beginning of 

 the consecration cere- 

 mony until the church 

 is closed at night, also 

 all day on the anniver- 

 saries of the consecra- 

 tion) is fi.xed above or 

 below each cross. An 

 interesting exception to 

 this is seen at All 

 Saints', Norwich, where 

 the sconces were in 

 the centre of the crosses' 

 (Figure 142) as shewn 

 by the remains of the 

 tangs still visible. In 

 the course of the cere- 

 mony these twelve 

 crosses are anointed b\- 

 the Bishop with his 

 thumb dipped in hol\- 



FlGl'RE 145. Mason's "mark'' at Claxton. 



whenever a new- appoint- 

 ment was made a cross 

 was cut, in commemora- 

 tion, upon the jambs), 

 but this duplication has 

 been explained when 

 speaking of the " Re- 

 formers " as also is the 

 eccentric form some of 

 tiie original crosses now 

 take. 



Those persons who 

 believed the Saxon dials 

 to be "Masons' Marks" 

 were equally mistaken. 

 "Masons' marks" are so 

 \aried and numerous as 

 to be countless; and it is 

 customary for a mason 

 to mark, or " sign," his 

 work, just as an artist 



