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examples of the first period. ]29
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tj0tri *nree columns on each side. The inner mouldings of the small arches, from
ground to the apex, are ornamented with boldly-sculptured foliage in branches
and leaves, and the weatherings, or drip stones, rise from corbel heads. Over the
Point of each arch is a bracket pedestal, on which stand the headless and otherwise
en figures of two angels; and between them, on a larger bracket, having a
q1*! °^ ehsgantly-wrought foliage, has been another statue, must probably, of
rist the Saviour; but this has been removed time immemorially. The wall or
ackground was sculptured with flowing wreaths of rich foliage, apparently of the
th 6 ^e mouldings of the main arch consist, principally, of a two-fold range,
^e 'nnerrnost comprehending elegant foliage in circular scrolls, deeply undercut.
. le outer range consists of a series of ten small human figures on each side,
^ ng in niches, partly formed by a continued branch of wavy foliage that seems
sPnng from the body of the lowermost figure ; which was intended for Jesse,
e father of David, (the latter being distinguished by his harp, and placed in the
^c°nd niche,) and thus meant to typify the springing of Christ from the root
of Jesse.
n thus tracing the progress of Pointed architecture from the time of its
p^err»atic introduction into our ecclesiastical edifices until the reign of Edward the
k Irst> those buildings only have been particularly noticed of which the dates are
n°Wn either with complete certainty, or tolerable exactness; and which, therefore,
be regarded as criteria for enabling us to judge of the relative age of other
ures. Among those which may be enumerated as furnishing examples (in
^ ^ of a corresponding class, are the cathedrals of Worcester, Chichester, Ely,M
staV|1S^' ^c^^e'^' Llandaff, and Peterborough ; the abbeys of Fountains, Kirk-
■^shb^'VaU'X' r^'n^ern' Beverley Minster; the churches of Whitby in Yorkshire,
^ °urne in Derbyshire, Hythe in Kent, Ketton in Rutlandshire, and the chapter
USes °f Salisbury and Exeter.
*6 Th •
bet lnterior of the great ton er at the west end of this cathedral, which was erected by Bishop Ridel
ob).Heen the years 1174 and 1189, is surrounded by several tiers of arches, both trefoil-headed, and rather
fr°m h5 P°'nted ; these are supported by clustered, and by duplicated (detached) columns, which, as seen
sity]e . 6(nv> produce a fine effect. In the square heads and flutings of the capitals the Anglo Norman
>'ears'i °bserved- The ancient part of the presbytery, which was built by Bishop Northwald between the
var;a(.. ' and 1252, presents an excellent specimen of that era of the Pointed style, but with considerable
Senera]]18 from Salisbury and from Westminster. The Galilee is another portion of the same edifice
y assigned to Bishop Eustachius, who died in 1215.
fro
tj0tri *nree columns on each side. The inner mouldings of the small arches, from
ground to the apex, are ornamented with boldly-sculptured foliage in branches
and leaves, and the weatherings, or drip stones, rise from corbel heads. Over the
Point of each arch is a bracket pedestal, on which stand the headless and otherwise
en figures of two angels; and between them, on a larger bracket, having a
q1*! °^ ehsgantly-wrought foliage, has been another statue, must probably, of
rist the Saviour; but this has been removed time immemorially. The wall or
ackground was sculptured with flowing wreaths of rich foliage, apparently of the
th 6 ^e mouldings of the main arch consist, principally, of a two-fold range,
^e 'nnerrnost comprehending elegant foliage in circular scrolls, deeply undercut.
. le outer range consists of a series of ten small human figures on each side,
^ ng in niches, partly formed by a continued branch of wavy foliage that seems
sPnng from the body of the lowermost figure ; which was intended for Jesse,
e father of David, (the latter being distinguished by his harp, and placed in the
^c°nd niche,) and thus meant to typify the springing of Christ from the root
of Jesse.
n thus tracing the progress of Pointed architecture from the time of its
p^err»atic introduction into our ecclesiastical edifices until the reign of Edward the
k Irst> those buildings only have been particularly noticed of which the dates are
n°Wn either with complete certainty, or tolerable exactness; and which, therefore,
be regarded as criteria for enabling us to judge of the relative age of other
ures. Among those which may be enumerated as furnishing examples (in
^ ^ of a corresponding class, are the cathedrals of Worcester, Chichester, Ely,M
staV|1S^' ^c^^e'^' Llandaff, and Peterborough ; the abbeys of Fountains, Kirk-
■^shb^'VaU'X' r^'n^ern' Beverley Minster; the churches of Whitby in Yorkshire,
^ °urne in Derbyshire, Hythe in Kent, Ketton in Rutlandshire, and the chapter
USes °f Salisbury and Exeter.
*6 Th •
bet lnterior of the great ton er at the west end of this cathedral, which was erected by Bishop Ridel
ob).Heen the years 1174 and 1189, is surrounded by several tiers of arches, both trefoil-headed, and rather
fr°m h5 P°'nted ; these are supported by clustered, and by duplicated (detached) columns, which, as seen
sity]e . 6(nv> produce a fine effect. In the square heads and flutings of the capitals the Anglo Norman
>'ears'i °bserved- The ancient part of the presbytery, which was built by Bishop Northwald between the
var;a(.. ' and 1252, presents an excellent specimen of that era of the Pointed style, but with considerable
Senera]]18 from Salisbury and from Westminster. The Galilee is another portion of the same edifice
y assigned to Bishop Eustachius, who died in 1215.