212 THE RIGHT REV. BISHOP G. FORREST BROWNE, D.D., ON 



Lantern slides shown by the Right Rev. Bishop G. Forrest 

 Browne in illustration of the Early Monumental Art of England, 

 Ireland, and Caledonia. 



Eakly England. 



The Bewcastle Cross, Cumberland, a.d. 670. — Three faces ; 

 interlacement ; figure of Our Lord ; the Runic alphabet 

 (Futhork). 



The Ruth well Cross, Dumfries, ? a.d. 685. — The Cross ; 

 washing the Feet ; Latin inscription ; Runic inscription. 

 Jedburgh sculpture. 

 The crosses at Sandbach, Cheshire. 



Tombstones with Runes. — Thornhill, Yorks, two ; Hartle- 

 pool, two. 



Ireland. 



High Crosses. — Castle Dermot ; Monasterboice, two, a.d. 924 ; 

 Kells (street). 



Tombstones. — Odran, Clonmacnois, a.d. 994 ; Colgen, Lis- 

 more, a.d. 850 ; Martin, Lismore, a.d. 875. 



Caledonia. 



Monumental Slabs. — Aberlemno, Forfar, four ; Meigle, Perth ; 

 Rossie, Dundee. 



Inscriptions. — St. Vigean's, Forfar ; the Ogam alphabet 

 (bethluisnion) ; St. Dogmael's, Cardigan (Wales) ; Brandsbutt, 

 Inverurie ; Newton, Aberdeen. 



Discussion. 



The Chairman said he thought he was voicing the opinion of 

 the meeting when he expressed the great pleasure with which he 

 had listened to the valuable lecture they had just heard, with the 

 excellent illustrations of the interesting monuments described by 

 Bishop Forrest Browne. He had often been impressed with the 

 wonderful resemblance between the interlacing ornaments so freely 

 used in Lombardic architecture and the sculptured work of the 

 early British crosses, and they had heard how this resemblance 



