ORNAMENT ON" THE EARLY CROSSES OF CORNWALL. 45 



effect is produced, an objection which doubtless made itself 

 apparent to the original designers. In No. 4, however, the 

 difficulty is entirely got over by curving the lines. The design 

 of No. 4 is precisely the same as No. 3, except that the complete 

 interlaced band is drawn instead of only the centre line. And 

 it will be seen that the underlying principle of the diagonal lines 

 is still there, with which we commenced, and upon which the 

 design was built up. 



The conclusion based on this theory at which we arrive is, 

 that if a piece of tracing paper be laid over an interlaced design, 

 and diagonal lines drawn over the cords, a network, as shewn in 

 the top of No. 1 will be the result, and by joining up the ends of 

 the cords where required, the whole design will be completed. 



In working out complicated, or indeed, any key patterns, the 

 simple method of commencing with the main lines and develop- 

 ing gradually is illustrated in the paper on Celtic analysis, 

 already referred to, a similar example of which I give on Plate 

 3 taken from the S. side of the cross in Sancreed churchyard. 

 In concluding my remarks on this interesting subject, I can only 

 say (from sad experience) that if anyone attempt to sketch these 

 patterns without a method, he will find himself involved in a 

 state of chaos he has never before enjoyed. 



I conclude Part I of my paper by a full analysis with illus- 

 trations of the different patterns found on the various Celtic 

 monuments in Cornwall. Below the Cornish examples are given 

 the localities where similar specimens exist, all of which have 

 been taken from the following works : — 



Manual of Sepulchral Slabs. — Eev. E. L. Cutts, D.D., London, 1849. 

 The Sculptured Stones of Scotland. — Stuart, printed for the 



Spalding Club, 2 Yols. Aberdeen, 1856-67. 

 Christian Inscriptions in the Irish Language. — George Petrie 



LL.D. (Annual Vol. of Eoyal Hist, and Arch. Assoc, of 



of Ireland), Dublin, 1872. 

 Lapidarium Wallice. — Prof. J. 0. Westwood, M.A., F.L.S. 



Oxford, 1876-9. 

 The Analysis of Celtic Ornament. — J. Eomilly Allen, F.S.A. Scot. 



(Proc. Soc. Ant., Scot., Yols. 17. 19). Feb. 1883. 

 Ancient Sepulchral Monuments. — Brindley and Weatherlv 



London, 1887. 



