Welsh Journals

i6o THE EARLY CHRISTIAN MONUMENTS Nativity; the Virgin enthroned, holding the Holy Infant, with a Saint on each side and the Holy Dove above; Christ in Glory, with an angel on the left side and St. Peter holding his key on the right side; Christ led bound before Pilate; Christ carry¬ ing the cross. Most probably a good deal more of the symbolism of the Sandbach crosses might be made out if good casts or large photographs were available for purposes of study. I com¬ mend this work to the attention of the Chester Archaeo¬ logical Society, and suggest that a fund should be raised for carrying it out. The way in which the designs on the Sandbach crosses are arranged in several different kinds of panels is worthy of notice. Some of the panels have square tops, others round panel of Sanobacb Gross (Enlarged)