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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  the 
  Virgin 
  Mary, 
  over 
  whose 
  head 
  is 
  the 
  dove, 
  and 
  under 
  her 
  feet 
  

   the 
  skull 
  and 
  crossbones. 
  Clark, 
  2:280. 
  This 
  is 
  from 
  the 
  fort 
  of 
  

   1696. 
  

  

  On 
  adjoining 
  lands, 
  Mr 
  Clark 
  said, 
  " 
  brass 
  crosses 
  have 
  frequently 
  

   been 
  plowed 
  up, 
  and 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  perfect 
  and 
  highest 
  finished 
  

   ones 
  have 
  over 
  the 
  head 
  of 
  the 
  Saviour 
  the 
  letters 
  1. 
  n. 
  r. 
  i. 
  Most 
  

   of 
  the 
  crosses 
  found 
  in 
  other 
  places 
  have 
  the 
  letters 
  1. 
  h. 
  s/" 
  Clark, 
  

   2:2&i. 
  This 
  was 
  more 
  than 
  50 
  years 
  ago, 
  and 
  they 
  are 
  occasionally 
  

   found 
  yet, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  on 
  earlier 
  sites. 
  

  

  A 
  few 
  representative 
  early 
  forms 
  will 
  be 
  illustrated, 
  and 
  the 
  reader 
  

   will 
  readily 
  see 
  the 
  difference 
  between 
  these, 
  with 
  their 
  many 
  sym- 
  

   bols, 
  and 
  the 
  ornamental 
  forms 
  already 
  described, 
  in 
  which 
  these 
  

   are 
  lacking. 
  Most 
  of 
  these 
  are 
  either 
  of 
  brass 
  or 
  lead. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  194 
  is 
  the 
  obverse 
  of 
  a 
  fine 
  brass 
  crucifix 
  belonging 
  to 
  the 
  

   late 
  Hon. 
  George 
  S. 
  Conover 
  of 
  Geneva 
  N. 
  Y. 
  He 
  had 
  several 
  of 
  

   these. 
  This 
  has 
  a 
  beaded 
  border. 
  Christ 
  has 
  his 
  arms 
  extended, 
  

   a 
  halo 
  and 
  1. 
  n. 
  r. 
  t. 
  are 
  above 
  his 
  head, 
  and 
  the 
  skull 
  and 
  cross- 
  

   bones 
  beneath 
  his 
  feet. 
  The 
  reverse 
  has 
  the 
  Virgin 
  Mary 
  with 
  the 
  

   moon 
  beneath 
  her 
  feet, 
  and 
  the 
  dove 
  descending 
  from 
  above. 
  On 
  

   the 
  arms 
  on 
  this 
  side 
  are 
  the 
  words 
  iesvs 
  marta. 
  Mr 
  Conover 
  had 
  

   this 
  from 
  a 
  burial 
  place 
  on 
  the 
  Read 
  farm, 
  lot 
  32, 
  town 
  of 
  Seneca. 
  

   Mr 
  Conover 
  said: 
  "As 
  many 
  as 
  50 
  crosses 
  are 
  known 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  

   found 
  in 
  this 
  burial 
  ground, 
  and 
  probably 
  a 
  great 
  many 
  more, 
  as 
  in 
  

   former 
  times, 
  when 
  the 
  field 
  was 
  plowed, 
  it 
  was 
  not 
  an 
  uncommon 
  

   thing 
  to 
  find 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  crosses 
  and 
  other 
  emblems 
  with 
  religious 
  

   devices." 
  

  

  Fig. 
  217 
  is 
  a 
  fine 
  brass 
  crucifix 
  from 
  the 
  Rose 
  hill 
  farm, 
  east 
  of 
  

   Geneva 
  N. 
  Y., 
  obtained 
  by 
  Dr 
  W. 
  G. 
  Flinsdale. 
  The 
  obverse 
  has 
  

   Christ 
  with 
  the 
  usual 
  emblems, 
  but 
  with 
  the 
  head 
  bent 
  down. 
  On 
  

   the 
  reverse 
  are 
  the 
  Virgin 
  and 
  child, 
  with 
  emblems 
  near 
  the 
  ends 
  of 
  

   the 
  arms. 
  The 
  pointed 
  top 
  of 
  this 
  crucifix 
  is 
  perforated, 
  and 
  forms 
  

   nearly 
  a 
  true 
  pitch. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  214 
  is 
  a 
  brass 
  crucifix 
  from 
  Cayuga 
  county, 
  having 
  a 
  beaded 
  

   edge. 
  The 
  only 
  emblems 
  accompanying 
  the 
  figure 
  of 
  Christ 
  are 
  the 
  

   halo 
  and 
  inscription 
  above 
  the 
  head. 
  The 
  obverse 
  of 
  this 
  is 
  not 
  

   recalled. 
  

  

  