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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  Fig. 
  210 
  is 
  a 
  brass 
  crucifix 
  from 
  Munnsville, 
  of 
  a 
  larger 
  size 
  and 
  

   with 
  more 
  emblems, 
  but 
  with 
  much 
  the 
  same 
  arrangement. 
  One 
  

   •end 
  of 
  the 
  crossbar 
  differs 
  from 
  the 
  other. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  158 
  shows 
  both 
  sides 
  of 
  a 
  thin 
  brass 
  crucifix 
  found 
  by 
  Dr 
  

   Hinsdale 
  among 
  the 
  salt 
  vats 
  near 
  the 
  Ganentaha 
  spring, 
  the 
  seat 
  

   of 
  the 
  French 
  mission 
  house 
  of 
  1656. 
  It 
  is 
  of 
  antique 
  appearance, 
  

   but 
  in 
  fine 
  preservation, 
  and 
  the 
  natural 
  impulse 
  is 
  to 
  connect 
  it 
  

   with 
  this 
  mission. 
  The 
  French 
  inscription 
  strengthens 
  this. 
  On 
  

   comparison 
  with 
  recent 
  memorials 
  of 
  modern 
  religious 
  missions, 
  the 
  

   writer 
  is 
  inclined 
  to 
  ascribe 
  it 
  to 
  our 
  own 
  day. 
  The 
  obverse 
  has 
  

   Christ 
  on 
  an 
  inscribed 
  cross, 
  and 
  with 
  the 
  knees 
  unusually 
  drawn 
  up. 
  

   Each 
  limb 
  of 
  the 
  cross 
  terminates 
  in 
  a 
  trefoil 
  outline, 
  and 
  these 
  

   each 
  include 
  two 
  or 
  three 
  small 
  bosses 
  on 
  the 
  obverse. 
  The 
  reverse 
  

   is 
  quite 
  plain, 
  and 
  has 
  SOUVENIR 
  on 
  the 
  short, 
  and 
  DE 
  MIS- 
  

   SION 
  on 
  the 
  long 
  bar 
  of 
  the 
  cross. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  Hildburgh 
  collection 
  is 
  a 
  crucifix 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  lower 
  limb 
  

   but 
  slightly 
  exceeds 
  the 
  other 
  three 
  in 
  length, 
  these 
  being 
  alike 
  in 
  

   extent. 
  

  

  Mr 
  Henry 
  E. 
  Kingman, 
  of 
  Owego, 
  kindly 
  sent 
  an 
  account 
  of 
  

   two 
  brass 
  crucifixes 
  he 
  found 
  at 
  that 
  place 
  in 
  1901, 
  none 
  occurring 
  

   there 
  before. 
  One 
  was 
  perfect; 
  the 
  other 
  broken 
  at 
  the 
  base. 
  The 
  

   robed 
  figure 
  mentioned 
  is 
  the 
  Virgin, 
  and 
  the 
  general 
  character 
  like 
  

   some 
  before 
  described. 
  He 
  said: 
  

  

  On 
  one 
  side 
  is 
  the 
  Saviour 
  crucified, 
  with 
  a 
  skull 
  and 
  crossbones 
  

   at 
  the 
  bottom. 
  Above 
  Christ's 
  head 
  are 
  the 
  letters 
  I. 
  H. 
  S., 
  but 
  these 
  

   letters 
  are 
  not 
  distinguishable 
  on 
  the 
  perfect 
  cross. 
  On 
  the 
  broken 
  

   one 
  they 
  can 
  readily 
  be 
  read. 
  On 
  the 
  reverse 
  is 
  the 
  Saviour 
  in 
  his 
  

   robes, 
  while 
  above 
  his 
  head 
  is 
  a 
  crown, 
  and 
  above 
  the 
  crown 
  a 
  dove. 
  

   On 
  either 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  head 
  is 
  a 
  cherub. 
  The 
  crucifix 
  is 
  if 
  inches 
  

   long 
  from 
  the 
  tip 
  of 
  the 
  loop 
  to 
  the 
  base, 
  and 
  ij 
  inch 
  in 
  width. 
  The 
  

   other 
  crucifix 
  is 
  wider. 
  

  

  A 
  fine 
  but 
  small 
  brass 
  crucifix 
  is 
  from 
  Pompey, 
  having 
  an 
  extreme 
  

   length 
  of 
  i-| 
  inches. 
  It 
  is 
  foliated 
  in 
  a 
  peculiar 
  way. 
  There 
  are 
  

   semicircular 
  projections 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  limbs, 
  but 
  the 
  inter- 
  

   mediate 
  projection 
  is 
  long, 
  narrow 
  and 
  pointed. 
  On 
  the 
  obverse 
  

   is 
  a 
  figure 
  of 
  Christ 
  with 
  extended 
  arms. 
  The 
  reverse 
  has 
  the 
  Vir- 
  

   gin, 
  the 
  angels 
  and 
  the 
  dove. 
  Fig. 
  381 
  is 
  of 
  this. 
  

  

  