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IX. A Dissertation on the Monument of Edward the Confessor. By Mr. Vertue, 1736
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 24 July 2012
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As Rapin has made mention of an old inscription on the shrine of K. Edward the Confessor, in Westminster abby, when first erected; it is to be observed, that that which now is there differeth from it, having, as it is said, been wrote, and put in lieu of the former in the reign of K. Richard II, or later. The inscription, as printed in several books, and particularly to be seen in the print of that monument, engraved for the Society of Antiquaries, from a drawing by the late Mr. Talman, is as follows,
Omnibus insignis virtutum laudibus heros,
Sanctus Edwardus Confessor; rex venerandus,
Quinto die Januarii moriens super aethera scandit.
Sursum corda.
Moritur anno Domini mlxv.
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page 33 note [n] Camden, in his work intituled, Reges et Reginae Nobiles et alii in Ecclesia Collegiata B. Petri Westmonasterii sepulta, London. 1600. 4to, pag. 3.
page 37 note [o] This table of pictures is fixed over the press, wherein the effigies of the kings vulgarly called, The ragged regiment, are placed.
The figures seem to be painted very neatly, whether in oil, or before that invention, I cannot say; but the paint is laid on a thick white ground on board; every part of the ornaments and the frame-work is richly wrought and gilded; many parts being set with stones of beautiful colours, and glass painted with gold, that, no doubt, when first made, it must have been a most costly piece of work. 'T is about twelve feet long and three feet high. I don't think it was made for this place, nor for this use certainly, but probably for the great altar of this church.