EARLY CHRISTIAN 



MONUMENTS 



INSCRIBED STONES 



IT is only when the whole of the monuments distributed over a 

 certain geographical area have been collected together and 

 classified that we are able to judge of a county's wealth in this 

 respect, and to compare it with other parts of Great Britain 

 containing similar monuments. As a result of such a comparison 

 Cornwall can boast, not only of possessing a larger number of inscribed 

 stones than any other county in the British Isles, but that it also contains 

 a far greater number and variety of early 1 crosses, as the following 

 summary will show : 



INSCRIBED STONES 



Rude pillar stone* . 



A fragment with one letter 



A cut stone with raised medallion and Chi-Rho monogram 



A Latin cross-head with Chi-Rho monogram 



A Saxon pillar . 



Unornamented crosses 



cross-base 



Ornamented crosses . 



cross-shafts 



cross-base 



altar slabs 



CROSSES 



Erect crosses, including cross-heads and cross-shafts, but omitting 

 the nine inscribed and ornamented crosses and cross-shafts 

 included in the above ........ 



Crosses now missing or destroyed, but known to have existed . 



MISCELLANEOUS MONUMENTS 



Coped stones .......... 



Early recumbent cross slabs 



34 



12 



352 



Total 



4 

 5 

 9 



404 



1 Besides the early crosses there are a great many erect Gothic crosses, as well as now empty bases. 

 A list of the Gothic crosses will be found in Langdon's Old Cornish Crosses, 423. 



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