The small niches, which number eighteen, contain images or angels cast in the same metal, which was generally used for sepulchralbrasses and metal ornaments of tombs, and these also are richly gilt.
There are also several early brassesin the church of considerable interest.
The small chapels round the Confessor's shrine, separated from it by the Ambulatories, are filled with interesting mediaeval tombs, and some brasses of great beauty.
Brasses are very valuable, as they show us the kinds of armour and dress worn in particular centuries.
Many of the fine brasses of which we spoke in a former chapter cover the graves of merchants "of the staple", as these great wool and cloth traders were called.
It is said that there are about four thousand of these brasses still left in England.
The same peculiarities are exemplified onbrasses at Harpham, York.
Boutell's Monumental Brasses of England contains engravings of no less than twenty-three on which it is to be found; as well as two examples without the usual appendages of collar, &c.
I beg to inform him that the "small dog with a collar and bells" is a device of very common occurrence on brasses of the fifteenth and latter part of the fourteenth centuries.
There were here formerly some interesting palimpsest brasses of foreign workmanship, but large portions of these have been removed by the Arundells--whom they concerned--to Wardour Castle.
The farther or nearer this weight hangs towards the end of the lever, it stretches the cord more or less, and presses by means of the brasses l, the rollers i, k, towards the main roller g.
In the brasses of the cylinder shaft, dovetailed pieces are made to slide, being pressed by set screws w', against the engraved cylinder F, similar to what has been described for adjusting the cylinders to one another.
The side partitions a, a, are furnished with brasses in whose round holes l, g, fig.
The axle of the paper bowl E, turns in brasses fitted into slots in the side frames, and it may be raised by hand from its bearings when required, by a lever k, extending in front.
They rest, as was said of the cylinder C, in brasses which are adjustable by means of screws, that work in the studs or brackets by which the brasses are supported.
Within the partition a, there are movable brasses l, for the pivots of i and k, shewn in fig.
These brasses are themselves adjustable, like those of all the other cylinders, by set screws in the brackets, which work in the nuts formed in the brasses.
The brasses of the inner framing which carry the inside bearings of the cranked axle must be examined, and any considerable play prevented by screwing them up if necessary.
The cotters must be secure, and in case the brasses have too much play they must be tightened up; observing, however, that brasses should never be set so hard as to cause friction.
Under the hauberk the quilted gambeson, or haqueton, was worn as usual, but no portion of it appears in brasses or effigies.
It is often represented upon effigies and brasses of civilians in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, and at times assumed very large proportions.
Brasses and monumental effigies simply abound, stained glass is by no means uncommon, while carvings in wood and stone exhibit details which are at times of great importance.
For examples, see brasses of Sir John Wingfield, 1400, Letheringham Church, Suffolk (Fig.
The misericorde was suspended as usual upon the right side, but the point of the blade is now directed towards the rear, and is generally hidden in brasses by the body of the knight (Fig.
The gadlings are well seen upon the variousbrasses of this period, those of Sir George Felbrigge being perhaps one of the most prominent (Fig.
It is to be noted that it is unique among thebrasses of this reign by reason of the knight being represented with straight lower limbs, the remainder all having the cross-legged position.
Hastings brass, one of the few brasses of this period of armour which have been handed down to us, and which in consequence is simply invaluable.
Ailettes are rarely shown uponbrasses and effigies; possibly the Buslingthorpe, Chartham, Gorleston, and Clehongre examples are the only ones in addition to the Trumpington.
Imagine, then, the feelings of the antiquary, who, upon approaching the chancel where most of thesebrasses lie, finds that it is flooded with water!
And yet this same nobleman can spend thousands of pounds in adorning his seat, Cobham Hall, the ancient domain of the family, in whose commemoration most of these brasses are laid down.
And, to conclude, pews have lately been built over two brasses at Margate, one of which is an early example of a skeleton.
For brassesthat have been long out of use, chalk and vinegar may be used.
First rub the brasses with turpentine, vinegar or whiskey, then with rotten-stone and a woollen cloth, and polish off with a piece of soft leather.
If he had had the faintest inkling of what was happening in the garden not much more than a stone's throw away, neither brasses nor parson would have held him long.
He got out his favourite Latin quotations,--it was George who gave him the opportunity; and he promised with great satisfaction to show Mr. Sauls the ancient brasses in the middle aisle.
On the other hand, the magnificent tombs in bronze, and the brasseswhich adorned them, erected to the memory of Philippe Auguste, S.
On the right, the enamelled brasses of the children of S.
The names of the princes and princesses were engraved upon little brass plates attached to the covers of the coffins; and a few years ago three or four of these brasses were found in the shop of a coppersmith, that of Louis XIV.
But again, in brasses later than 1460, the dogs and lions are seldom, if ever, found either in the brasses of knights or ladies.
One fact is worthy of notice, that while the omission of the dog is frequent in the brasses of ladies (e.
At the sound of the military brasses the procession begins to move, to make the tour of the Lake of the Lotus.
There are vaults beneath the floor, lettered memorial-stones in the aisle, tarnished brasses on the walls.
We had read the names of others of the noble race upon mural brasses in the old Cathedral.
Our every step was upon a grave; the walls were faced with mortuarybrasses and tablets.
The church is small, much mutilated, and contains a number of old monuments, and some brasses to the Roope and Plumleigh families.
There are some brasses in the church to the Burton family, into which married the De Bigburys.
She does unusual things like remembering to polish the brasses every week--indeed, you have only to step in the hall and glance at the stair rods to discover the exact stage of her latest 'affair.
You might think, to hear him talk, that getting up coal, lighting fires, chopping wood and cleaning flues, knives and brasses were the entire work of a household instead of being mere incidents in the daily routine.
Before the brasses had become tarnished or the trimmings soiled I took a run to Ann Arbor to say good-by to the boys.
The regiment would be formed in a hollow square, arms and brasses shining, clothes brushed, and boots polished.
The church has some interesting miserere stalls and brasses to the Faunce family (17th century).
The maker ofbrasses showed a freer and more masterly hand, and greater sense of ornamental effect in the spacing and treatment of his figures.
Mr. Creeny's book on the Continental brasses may be recommended as containing many very beautiful examples from his own rubbings, notably from Belgium.
Creeny for permission to reproduce two of the illustrations from his "Monumental Brasseson the Continent of Europe" (now published by Mr. B.
The monumental brasses of England have been engraved excellently and in large numbers by Messrs.
The round appears in thebrasses of Sir John D'Aubernoun (woodcut, No.
The military brasses of this century are but few; but the statues, in stone, in wood, or in Purbeck marble, are scattered through our English counties in surprising numbers.
Figure 314 gives a side and an edge view of the connecting rod, the rod being in section in the edge view, and the brasses in section lined in both views.
The brasses at the crossed end are set up by a wedge adjustable by means of the screw bolts shown.
