The Bewcastle Cross
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All the assumptions as to date, then, which rest upon a blind following of Maughan, are untrustworthy. Some of his readings seem to be correct, or nearly so, but those on which he chiefly depended for dating the cross are non-existent or illegible.
So much, very cursorily, for destructive criticism of Maughan's view. I now propose to touch upon a series of points of a more constructive character.
1. The compound word sigbekn, ' victory-sign,' seems to be legible in the long inscription. This, r...eferring to the cross, and traceable ultimately to Constantine's In hoc signo vinces, is found four times in the Old English Elene, and may here be allusive to that poem.
If so, the date of the cross can hardly be in the 7th century.
2. On both the Bewcastle and the Ruthwell Cross, John the Baptist carries an aureoled lamb, the Agnus Dei. Didron, in his Christian Iconography, knows of no example of this earlier than one of the 13th cen- tury, in the cathedral of Rheims. We should not expect to find it, then, in the 7th century.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
All the assumptions as to date, then, which rest upon a blind following of Maughan, are untrustworthy. Some of his readings seem to be correct, or nearly so, but those on which he chiefly depended for dating the cross are non-existent or illegible.
So much, very cursorily, for destructive criticism of Maughan's view. I now propose to touch upon a series of points of a more constructive character.
1. The compound word sigbekn, ' victory-sign,' seems to be legible in the long inscription. This, r...eferring to the cross, and traceable ultimately to Constantine's In hoc signo vinces, is found four times in the Old English Elene, and may here be allusive to that poem.
If so, the date of the cross can hardly be in the 7th century.
2. On both the Bewcastle and the Ruthwell Cross, John the Baptist carries an aureoled lamb, the Agnus Dei. Didron, in his Christian Iconography, knows of no example of this earlier than one of the 13th cen- tury, in the cathedral of Rheims. We should not expect to find it, then, in the 7th century.
What to read after The Bewcastle Cross?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Cook, Albert S. (Albert Stanburrough), 1853-1927 to read onlineMoreLess
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