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exhibit a triple range of zigzag diversely faced, between two rows of expanded
fl°Wers, bordered exteriorly by a cable moulding, on the outer side of which is a
Series of rosettes. The latter is bounded by two arched courses of stone, the
Sc^pturing of which is wretchedly defaced, but the remains of a running ornament,
resenibling the Grecian honeysuckle, may be distinctly traced on the outermost
course : the other seems to have been studded with roses, and has besides, a muti-
lated figure of a lion, or a dog, at the springing on the south side ; near which,
at the angle of the transept, is an ornamental bracket, sculptured in front, with a
human head. The letter c shews the place of the crucifix, described in note 60 :
^ is the font, which is of a square form, and elevated on abase, as shewn in Plate
38. Ate, is an ancient entrance into the north aisle, (now little used,) the
arch of whic his obtusely pointed, and is surmounted by a similarly-shaped canopy,
Vvhich, as well as the arch itself, is ornamented with a reticulated moulding: this
entrance is apparently of Henry the Third's time, v, e, and r, shew the central
P°l'tion, and the north and south divisions of the transept: at h, in the latter di-
,lsion, under an ogee arch, is an ancient and curious effigy of an abbess, in low
reHef, probably of the twelfth century : / and g point out the two small Chapels
c°unected with the transept; both of which are remarkable from terminating in
semicircles east-wardly. This, also, is the case with the choir aisles, marked h
and j, and as shewn at l l : the groining of these aisles is nearly similar to that of
tue nave aisles. In Plate No. 35, the two first compartments from the transept on
*he south side of the nave are represented, including the great cylindrical column,
Xvhich has only its opposite counterpart, on the north side, throughout the church,
^hese columns may, in some degree, enable us to approximate towards the real
a§e of this building, for the height to which they are carried up, which is to the
springing of the arches that support the clerestory, and the manner in which they
receive the great arches beneath the triforium, together with their general form and
Cnftracter, correspond so nearly with the most ancient parts of Christ Church
Cathedral, at Oxford,61 that we may rationally suppose both edifices to have been
111 progress at the same period ; and this supposition is corroborated by the fact of
Several 0f tjie capitals in each church being sculptured with a similar kind of
bathed and other foliag-e. There is much reason to believe that Christ Church
61 See " Cathedral Antiquities," Oxford Cathedral, Plates v. vi. vii. x. and xv.
exhibit a triple range of zigzag diversely faced, between two rows of expanded
fl°Wers, bordered exteriorly by a cable moulding, on the outer side of which is a
Series of rosettes. The latter is bounded by two arched courses of stone, the
Sc^pturing of which is wretchedly defaced, but the remains of a running ornament,
resenibling the Grecian honeysuckle, may be distinctly traced on the outermost
course : the other seems to have been studded with roses, and has besides, a muti-
lated figure of a lion, or a dog, at the springing on the south side ; near which,
at the angle of the transept, is an ornamental bracket, sculptured in front, with a
human head. The letter c shews the place of the crucifix, described in note 60 :
^ is the font, which is of a square form, and elevated on abase, as shewn in Plate
38. Ate, is an ancient entrance into the north aisle, (now little used,) the
arch of whic his obtusely pointed, and is surmounted by a similarly-shaped canopy,
Vvhich, as well as the arch itself, is ornamented with a reticulated moulding: this
entrance is apparently of Henry the Third's time, v, e, and r, shew the central
P°l'tion, and the north and south divisions of the transept: at h, in the latter di-
,lsion, under an ogee arch, is an ancient and curious effigy of an abbess, in low
reHef, probably of the twelfth century : / and g point out the two small Chapels
c°unected with the transept; both of which are remarkable from terminating in
semicircles east-wardly. This, also, is the case with the choir aisles, marked h
and j, and as shewn at l l : the groining of these aisles is nearly similar to that of
tue nave aisles. In Plate No. 35, the two first compartments from the transept on
*he south side of the nave are represented, including the great cylindrical column,
Xvhich has only its opposite counterpart, on the north side, throughout the church,
^hese columns may, in some degree, enable us to approximate towards the real
a§e of this building, for the height to which they are carried up, which is to the
springing of the arches that support the clerestory, and the manner in which they
receive the great arches beneath the triforium, together with their general form and
Cnftracter, correspond so nearly with the most ancient parts of Christ Church
Cathedral, at Oxford,61 that we may rationally suppose both edifices to have been
111 progress at the same period ; and this supposition is corroborated by the fact of
Several 0f tjie capitals in each church being sculptured with a similar kind of
bathed and other foliag-e. There is much reason to believe that Christ Church
61 See " Cathedral Antiquities," Oxford Cathedral, Plates v. vi. vii. x. and xv.