The names of Matthew, Mark and John are thus in runes, while that of Luke is in Latin letters. The [[Christogram]] is notably in runic writing, ''ihs xps'' {{unicode|ᛁᚻᛋ ᛉᛈᛋ}}, with the ''h'' double-barred in the continental style, the first attestation of that variant in England. The monogram reflects a runic variant of a partly Latinized ''XPS'' from Greek ''ΧΡΙCΤΟC'', with the [[Ρ|rho]] rendered as runic ''p'' and the ''eolc'' rune (the old [[Algiz]] rune ''z'') used to render [[Chi (letter)|chi]]. It is difficult to account for the mixture of scripts, or find significance in which parts are in which script, but it can be said that such mixtures are not uncommon among inscriptions of the period from northern England, including the [[Franks Casket]] and stones from Lindisfarne and [[Monkwearmouth]].<ref>Page, 264-265</ref>
