Excerpt from Monumental Brasses The object of this handbook is to enable the explorer of churches, young or old, clerical or lay, to more fully appreciate the true value of those ancient brazen memorials which they so frequently see adorning pavement or wall. There are probably no objects of antiquarian interest which so well repay any attention which may be devoted to them, and the ease with which a valuable collection of rubbings can be made has induced great numbers of persons to provide themselves with paper and heelball, and apply their energies to the church floor. To such persons this book is more particularly addressed, in the hope that it will prove a useful and handy guide to the pursuit of what the author has found to be a most fascinating branch of the vast tree of archaeology. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.