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down, "^thelstan sumpta an sua," — "[Bell named] Atlielstan, 

 purchased [by him] for [the good of] his own soul." There 

 remain about 45 mediaeval bells in Cornwall. The bell in 

 the market house at Bodmin is one of the only two of the 

 kind known to exist, the second being in France ; instead of 

 being of the ordinary smooth-sided form, it is corrugated, 

 horizontally, like a crinoline.* 



A special feature of our Cornish churches must not be 

 forgotten, and that is, when one aisle or two were added, the 

 chancel limits were most carefully marked, by the rood-screen, 

 which stretched across, and by parcloses. This feature is one 

 that must be borne in mind, when we say that Cornish churches 

 had no chancels ; true, as far as external appearance goes, but 

 inside a church that retains its screen, such as Altarnun, the 

 chancel is a distinctive feature. The chancel aisles had altars, such 

 as formally existed in many transepts, as shown by piscinas, 

 still remaining, though often mutilated. It may be remarked 

 that in almost all churches retaining transepts, these transepts 

 are of Early English date, though a few are of the Decorated 

 style. Many retain their lancet windows, such as Tintagel 

 and Laneast. In some cases the windows are of Perpendicular 

 date, but were evidently inserted in the room of older work, as 

 shewn by the mouldings of the splay arches. This is pointed 

 out by the Rev. Mr. Price, in his paper on the Churches 

 of the Deanery of East, a window of perpendicular work being 

 placed, — in the north or Manaton transept at Southil], — in an 

 opening still retaining mouldings of Decorated work. The 

 church of Crantock is peculiar, as it has a nave, north and south 

 transept, and chancel with chancel aisles under one wide roof, 

 no doubt due to the fact of its having been formerly a 

 collegiate church. 



One characteristic of our later churches is the common use of 

 the debased arch, known as the Tudor or 4-centred arch as 

 distinguished from the pointed or two-centred arch ; and, in our 

 still later churches, the 5 -centred arch, which has a much worse 

 effect wherever used. 



* See W. lago's engraving of it inserted in Ellacombe's Bells (p. 451), and 

 in Maclean's Trigg Minor (Vol. I, plate viii) ; also see E.T.C. Journal (Vol. X, 

 p. 262). 



