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Traditions, legends, superstitions, and sketches of Devonshire on the borders of the Tamar and the Tavy illustrative of its manners, customs, history, antiquities, scenery, and natural history, in a series of letters to Robert Southey, esq / By Mrs. Bray.

  • Bray, Mrs. (Anna Eliza), 1790-1883.
Date:
1838
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Traditions, legends, superstitions, and sketches of Devonshire on the borders of the Tamar and the Tavy illustrative of its manners, customs, history, antiquities, scenery, and natural history, in a series of letters to Robert Southey, esq / By Mrs. Bray. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    P Xtie] INSCRIBED STONES. 383° “J instantly recognized the mullets, but I was at a loss respecting the crosier; the martlets, also, must have been four instead of two. I was satisfied, how- ever, that it is a fragment of the arms of the Abbey when I found crosiers thus described in Fos- broke’s ‘ Encyclopedia of Antiquities.’ ‘They were sometimes barely curled, sometimes like beadles’ staves,—more like maces than crosiers.’ « From two hands that still remain at the top and side, it is evident that the shield was supported by two angels, one on the dexter, and the other on the sinister side. “On the 30th October, 1833, Mr. Rundle sent me also another stone, with an inscription in black letter painted on a white fillet, being a kind of upper border to the same, the ground of which was ver- milion. The words are Regina celi (celi) letare (leetare) a probably Alleluia. Rejoice, O Queen of heaven—Hallelujah. Of course they are ad- dressed to the Virgin Mary, and possibly were placed on her altar. “In November, 1833, Mr. Rundle also sent me two other stones. One seemed to be a kind of