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. 1867 Excerpt: ...glass, on monumental brasses, &c.; it is generally winged. Nineteen churches in England are named in his honour, and one in the names of S. Luke and All Saints. The figure here given is from a MS. of the tenth century, shewn by the date underneath; it contains the four books of the Evangelists, with the following ...
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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. 1867 Excerpt: ...glass, on monumental brasses, &c.; it is generally winged. Nineteen churches in England are named in his honour, and one in the names of S. Luke and All Saints. The figure here given is from a MS. of the tenth century, shewn by the date underneath; it contains the four books of the Evangelists, with the following written by the caligrapher: --"Memor estote miserabilis Theophili presbyteri monaci, omni parte parvi tibi inutilis et omnibus," etc. Under S. John we find the following: --"Hoc evangelium.... ad finem perductem in mense majo in triginta dies, feria quarta anno 6493." There are three hundred and sixteen leaves of fine white parchment in the MS.; the four first leaves are divided into columns, the usual form of canonical writings. The figures of the four Evangelists are painted on a burnished gold ground, with a simple blue border: red and lightblue predominate in the dresses, painted so thickly that they look very heavy. This beautiful MS. belonged to the Abbe Joseph Lelli in Rome, a man of uncommon ability in deciphering all kinds of antiquities'. /r October 25. S. Crispin, Martyr, about A.d. (M 303. Crispin and Crispinian were brothers, and--were born at Rome, whence they travelled to Soissons, in France, to propagate the Christian religion. Being desirous of rendering themselves independent, they gained a subsistence by shoemaking, and made shoes for the poor at a very low price, and, according to the legend, angels supplied them with leather. Hence the shoemakers have chosen them for their tutelar saints. Having been accused as Christians, the governor of the town under Maximian Herculeus ordered them, after the infliction of various torments, to be beheaded, about the year 303. There is a tradition current in Romney Marsh...
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