ORNAMENT ON THE EARLY CROSSES OF CORNWALL. 85 



The Head. In the majority of instances the head is perpen- 

 dicular. Seven examples occur where it is inclined to the right, 

 viz. : at Pepper's Mill, Scorrier, Trevean, Trevease, Trevilley, 

 Zennor ; and on the taller cross in Lelant cemetery. Two are 

 inclined to the left ; Chyoone and Phillack (near the porch). 



Three are shewn with what is probably a nimbus. Sancreed 

 (by Vicarage-gate), S. Buryan and S. Paul churchyards. 



The features remain on three only, viz., Sancreed churchyard, 

 S. Paul, and Pendarves. 



The body. In some cases it appears to be naked, in others it 

 is shewn either very full, like the plump body of a child, very 

 thin, or in one or two examples somewhat contracted at the waist, 

 and with hips like a female figure, as at Pepper's Mill, Trevalis, 

 and Praze. 



The arms. The arms are perhaps more freely treated than 

 any other member. In many cases they are both raised slightly, 

 and much higher than usual, on the crosses at St. Feock, S. 

 Michael's Mount, Eosemorran, and Mawgan Cross. Occasionally 

 only one of the arms is raised, e.g. at Scorrier the right arm is 

 bent at right angles, at Zennor it is also raised. At Phillack 

 (by the porch), Lelant cemetery, and Trevean, the left arm 

 is raised. 



The legs. As a rule the legs are quite straight and close 

 together. There are, however, four exceptions, three of which 

 occur in the parish of Camborne, viz. : — at Pendarves, outside 

 the Institute, and Treslothan ? Also on S. Michael's Mount. At 

 Pendarves the spread of the legs is exaggerated to an impossible 

 extent ; at Trevean, the legs are close together, and curved to the 

 right, and are omitted in the following examples : — Clowance, 

 Phillack (by porch), S. Erth churchyard, and Zennor. In the 

 three last-named crosses, the space all round the figure within the 

 ring is sunk, and the body is stopped flush with the face of the 

 stone at the lowest part of the sinking, making it evident that 

 this was all of the Figure which it was intended to depict. 



The feet. In the straight unbent Figures the feet are very 

 long in proportion to the figure, and are turned out at right 

 angles to the legs. It is a noteworthy circumstance, that the five 



