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XX. Observations on Stone Pillars, Crosses; and Crucifixes, by Thomas Astle, Esq. F.R.S. and F.A.S. In a Letter to the President.
Read Jan. 11, 1798.
My Lord,
PERMIT me to lay before you the following observations on erect stone pillars, crosses, and crucifixes. The drawings herewith transmitted to your lordship were selected by me from two volumes of drawings of Antiquities collected by John Anstis the Elder, Esq. Garter King at Arms, to which he prefixed the following title:
"Imagines feu figuræ
Variarum Inscriptionum præcipue Sepulchralium,
Lapidum in orbes dispositorum;
Substructionum, quas Walli Kromlech et Kistvêan
nominant,
Cipporum, quos Cruces dicimus
Castrorum seu Castrametationum Antiquarum
in Angliâ, Scotiâ et Hiberniâ
Curâ Johannis Anstis Fecialium Principis
cognomento
