Mitred Abbot in Wroughton Church, Wilts.—Not very long ago, while this church was under repair, there was discovered on one of the pillars, behind the pulpit, a fresco painting of a mitred abbot. I have corresponded with the rector on the subject, but unfortunately he kept no drawing of it; and all the information he is able to afford me is, that "the vestments were those ordinarily pourtrayed, with scrip, crosier," &c. Such being the case, I have troubled "N. & Q." with this Query, in the hope that some one may be able to give me farther information as to date, name, &c.
Rusell Gole.
Reynolds' Portrait of Barretti.—Can any of your correspondents inform me where the portrait of Barretti, by Sir Joshua Reynolds, now is?
Geo. R. Corner.
Crosses on Stoles.—When were the three crosses now usually embroidered on priests' stoles in the Roman Catholic Church introduced? Were they used in England before the Reformation? In sepulchral brasses the stoles, although embroidered and fringed, and sometimes also enlarged at the ends, are (so far as I have observed) without the crosses. If used, what was their form?
H. P.
Temporalities of the Church.—Is there any record existing of a want of money for the maintenance of the clergy, or for other pious uses, in any part of the world before the establishment of the Christian religion under Constantine? or of any necessity having arisen for enforcing the payment of tithes or offerings by ecclesiastical censures during that period?
H. P.
Etymology of "The Lizard."—What is the etymology of the name "The Lizard," as applied in our maps to that long low green point, stretching out into the sea at the extreme south of England? My idea of the etymology would be (judging from the name and pronunciation of a small town in the immediate neighbourhood of the point) lys-ard, from two Celtic words: the first, lys, as found in the name Lismore, and others of a like class in Ireland and the Highlands of Scotland; the second ard, a long point running into the sea. In Cornwall, to my ear, the name had quite the Celtic intonation L̄ys-̄ard; not at all like L̆iz̄ard, as we would speak it, short.
C. D. Lamont.