This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1872 Excerpt: ...are eight serpents, so singularly infolded and intermingled with one another, that it requires minute attention and considerable discrimination to trace each separately, and to distinguish it from its fellows. Their eyes are skilfully formed of blue glass. Above the cross are four of the same kind, and in each of the ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1872 Excerpt: ...are eight serpents, so singularly infolded and intermingled with one another, that it requires minute attention and considerable discrimination to trace each separately, and to distinguish it from its fellows. Their eyes are skilfully formed of blue glass. Above the cross are four of the same kind, and in each of the four compartments, into which it is divided, there are two golden serpents in relief. Below the knob of suspension, on the opposite end, or side, are six other serpents, with blue eyes, but differently intertwined. On the top is a strange representation of two of these creatures, with two legs; and in the compartments are curious knots resembling those in the collar of the Order of S. Patrick. Each of the two suspending knobs of the case, and the sides and ends, are also ornamented in a similar manner." "When the bell is inclosed, a sliding brass plate on which it rests fills the bottom of the case. On this plate, the lower edge or rim of the instrument has strongly impressed its form. A collateral presumption of the antiquity, even of the cover, for the weight is not sufficient to have produced the effect, either by its pressure or by any friction which it could have occasioned, except in a long period of time. It proves also, that when the case was made the bell had an uneven base as at present, for the indications seem not to have been the effect of wearing, but of reiterated percussion." "It appears almost unquestionable that the case is as old as the eleventh century as its inscription implies; how much older the bell may be is a matter for the antiquary." This inscription adds intense interest to the relic, because it fixes its date with historical precision. The Rev. Dr. Reeves, in his beautifully illustrated his...
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