Papers of F C Eeles on consecration crosses

Scope and Content

Papers of Dr Francis Carolus Eeles, FSA Scot. (d. 1954) relating to consecration crosses. Consisting of five letters, 1908, 1947-9, including one (1908) from the Rev. Edward Samuel Dewick, two photographs, a few small rubbings, and notes mainly from bibliographical sources. With an annotated copy of E. S. Dewick, 'Consecration crosses and the ritual connected with them', Arch. Journal, 65 (1908), 1-34. See also Eeles's article 'Consecration crosses on Somerset and Dorset churches', Proc. of the Somerset Arch. and Natural Hist. Soc., 76 (1930), 22-7; the obituary of Dr Eeles (ibid., 98 (1953), 160-1) summarises his many other publications. Dr Eeles was secretary of the Central Council for the Care of Churches from 1924.

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Acquisition Information

Presented by the Council for the Care of Churches (with Dewick collection [DEW]), May 1966.

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