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VI.—On the St. Christopher Wall-Paintings, at Ludgvan, Mylor, kc. 
By the Rev. W. Taco, B.A., WESTHEATH, Bopmin, (Z.S. of 
the Society of Antiquaries, London). 
M® Wm. Copeland Borlase having invited me to make some 
observations upon the subject of his paper—“The Ludgvan 
Fresco, described and drawn by the late Dr. Borlase,’ I would 
remark, that the position of the St. Christopher,—a little to the 
east of the north door, agrees with that of the fragmentary group 
discovered at Mylor in 1869, of which, at the time, no definite 
explanation could be given. The subject, so far as the main 
figure is concerned, is the same in both cases; for the Saint’s beard, 
arm, hand, and fructed palm-tree staff, together with the feet and 
skirt of the Divine Infant, may be distinctly recognized.* The 
Rey. F. C. Hingeston-Randolph on seeing the Mylor Diagram 
when published, conjectured that the dim outlines might possibly 
admit of such an explanation—and his surmise was correct. 
St. Christopher was depicted in many churches, as in the in- 
stances before us, on that part of the north wall which was 
opposite to the south doorway. This was in order that all on 
entering might, as soon as possible behold him, for it was held 
that no sudden, violent, or unshriven death would befal any on 
the day they gazed upon his image or picture—and his figure 
would likewise preserve from all harm the building on which it 
might be placed. 
‘‘ Cristophori faciem die quacunque tueris 
Illa nempe die morte mala non morieris.” 
‘On the day thou seest St. Christopher’s face 
By no ill death shalt thou end thy race.” 
Molanus, (Professor of Theology, Louvain, 1617), relates in his 
“Sacred Images,” that for reasons such as these it had been usual 
to figure St. Christopher in Halls and Churches; and that in some 
parts of Germany representations of him might be found outside, 
at the entrance or on the wall. 
* Cornwall Royal Institution Journal, Vol. iii., p. 169, Pl. 2, Fig. 1. 
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