Manx crosses, or, The inscribed and sculptured monuments of the Isle of Man from about the end of the fifth to the beginning of the thirteenth century / by P.M.C. Kermode.

  • Kermode, P. M. C. (Philip Moore Callow)
Date:
1907
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Credit: Manx crosses, or, The inscribed and sculptured monuments of the Isle of Man from about the end of the fifth to the beginning of the thirteenth century / by P.M.C. Kermode. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Kermode, Vicar of Maughold, the Rev. John Quine, Vicar of Lonan, and the Rev. A. E. Clarke, Vicar of Marown, I am grateful for informing me of crosses newly discovered in their parishes, and enabling me to have them cast and figured; and to Mr. Light for present- ing me with the Ramsey cross; and the Rev. S. N. Harrison, Mr. Haslam, Miss Dora Brown, Mr. Quilleash and Mr. Haddon, for bringing me similar stones found by them. Mr. C. Roeder kindly drew my attention to the Hibbert-Ware MSS. in Manchester, and sent me extracts and tracings from them. Mr. G. Patterson years ago took the greatest pains and trouble in photographing stones for me, and made a cast of the Adam and Eve one. Bride No. Ii6, which, as well as some of the others, has since lost some of its carving. The late Mr. Keig and his son, Mr. T. Keig, Mr. Kee, and Mr. Midwood, have been most obliging in taking special photographs, some of them in very out-of-the-way places. The late Sir Henry Dryden, besides helping me to work out the plait in the Braddan wheel-cross and the small Conchan piece, made an excellent drawing for me of the unique figure of the Crucifixion on the Calf of Man stone (page 23, fig. 16). One or two of my outline illustrations of monuments outside of the Isle of Man are copied from well- known works duly acknowledged in the text; Mr. W. G. Collingwood kindly offered to lend me some blocks used in Crosses, etc., of Carlisle, but I made copies of them instead; and I have to thank Dr. Kuno Meyer and the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland for their obliging courtesy in the use of illustrative blocks. It is almost needless to say that I am greatly indebted to Mr. Romilly Allen for his able analysis of Celtic patterns ; I make many references to his Early Christian Monuments of Scotland, a work which no student can afford to be without. In particular I have to thank Dr. Brate, of Stockholm, for timely suggestions and advice, for his valuable contri- bution on the origin and use of Runes, and for his great assistance in looking over the proofs dealing with the Runic inscriptions; Principal Rhys for similar help in respect of the Ogam inscriptions; and my friend Professor Herdman for his constant sympathy and kindness in the tedious and uninteresting task of reading through the whole of my proofs and making many important suggestions which I have gladly adopted. Mr. G. Clinch, F.S.A., has added to the usefulness and value of the volume by undertaking the labour of making a complete Index. Finally, I must express my thanks to my publishers, Messrs. Bemrose & Sons Ltd., for all the trouble and care they have taken to meet my wishes and to make the text and illustrations and binding as perfect as possible. It has been supposed, and frequently said, that some of our sculptured monuments have been sent off the Island. I have made inquiries, and I do not believe that any have been taken or sent off the Island except one or two which Mr. Wallace had in his museum on Douglas Head, and afterwards took to Distington. Before doing so, I believe he advertised that anyone claiming any local things in his collection might have them back on making application for them. No one applied for the stones, but since his death they have been all returned. It is a great pleasure to be able to record the fact that these venerable monuments are in no further danger of neglect, for their value is now duly appreciated by the people whose privilege it is to possess them; and to state that since the present work went to press