A Manual For The Study Of Monumental Brasses With A Descriptive Catalogue Of Four Hundred And Fifty Rubbings In The Possession Of The Oxford Architectural Society By H H Ie Herbert Haines PDF Download

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1848 edition. Excerpt: ...(c)arbte: nupet Bettor clesu?: at (c)Km bicarfus Be to= Dalle: limcasnr ftlagnS leaber: qui obtit ultimo Die j%lensis Septem Biii Jtlillcsimo quingentcssimo (c)etogessimo sccttntio Tc.li-?a= bctte Beg: btetssimo quarto. No. 124. 1618. Hugh Johnson. St. John Baptist's, Hackney, Middlesex. A figure of a Priest in a reading pue, wearing a ruff, doublet, and a gown open up the front, and having long false sleeves; from his mouth proceeded a scroll, of which the words &.V.! alone remain. Beneath him is the following inscr.: Quo properas hospes paulum confiste gradient et in Johnfoni fortem can/pice prefbiteri Quern vaga gauifa est monitorem ferre juventus et tenuem dites quern, petiere procul Parce precor manes lachrymis vrgere profufis et frustrafuperos follicitare deos Nonperijt corpus rapuerunt Jidera mentem, doctrinam poputt, ccetera mundus hdbet. HEERE LYETH THE BODIE OP Mr HVGHE lOHNSON WHO WAS VlCAR OF THIS CHVROH 45 YEARE AND DEPARTED THIS LYFE 16 OF Ianvary 1618, AGED 72. AND WAS A GOOD BENEFACTOR TO Ye POORE OF THIS PARISH AND TO THE POORE OF THE TOWNE OF MAKELESFIELD IN CHESHIRE WHEERE HE WAS BORNE. PART II. BRASSES OF KNIGHTS AND LADIES.' BRASSES OF KNIGHTS OP THE THIRTEENTH CENTURY. No. 125. c. 1277. Sir John D'aubernoun. St. Mary's, Stoke Dabernon, Surrey. The brass of Sir John D'Aubernoun is considered to be the earliest example of this kind of sepulchral monument now in existence; it is the only example of the time of Edward I. that is not cross-legged. He is entirely enveloped in a suit of interlaced chain mail; the body is covered by a hauberk with sleeves, a hood or coif-de-mailles is drawn over the head, and chausses protect the legs and feet: at the knees are genoullieres of plate ornamented with roses,