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A GROUP OF EIGHT SLATE MINIATURE MODELS OF MANX CROSSES
A GROUP OF EIGHT SLATE MINIATURE MODELS OF MANX CROSSES

LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY

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A GROUP OF EIGHT SLATE MINIATURE MODELS OF MANX CROSSES
LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Each with paper label inscribed: Michael, Braddan, T(?)ughold, Maughold, Braddan, Crank-ny-Easy-Lhaa, Ballough and Maughold; the last lacking base
6.5/8 in. (17 cm.) high, and slightly smaller
[Together with:] KERMODE, P. M. C. Manx Crosses, or the Inscribed and Sculptured Monuments of the Isle of Man. London: Bemrose & Sons, 1907. 4° (285 x 230mm). Half-title in red, title in red and black, photographic frontispiece, 66 plates and 2 maps, errata slip. Original cloth, gilt, top edge gilt (corners bumped). Provenance: Raglan (inscription) -- Cefntilla (book label). A major study, written before the construction of Ronaldsway Airport destroyed many of the Isle of Man's important historical sites.
来源
Acquired by George Somerset, 3rd Baron Raglan (1857-1921) while he was Governor of the Isle of Man (1902-19).

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The Manx Cross is an engraved and sculptured memorial stone which first emerged on the Isle of Man at the same time Christianity was introduced at the end of the 5th Century. They continued to evolve until the beginning of the 13th century marking and illustrating the development of Christian Art through the merging of Celtic heritage and Scandinavian Rune stone tradition.

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