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PISCINA.
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*• The double Piscina, marked 2, in Salisbury Cathedral, is of the simplest
form of that kind. This is a recessed niche contained within a square, and fronted
two pointed arches, with trefoil heads springing from small shafts, having circu-
^ar bases and capitals : here are two basins.
3. In Trinity Church, Coventry, is a Piscina remarkable for its simplicity, as
shewn by figure 3. This merely consists of a projecting shaft, ornamented with
foliage, a basin, and a shallow trefoil-headed niche.
4- In St. Albans Abbey Church is a Piscina, as represented at 4, of a very
different form and character from the last; indeed it is altogether of a peculiar
Ascription In this, the outward arch, which springs from conjoined and
cWered columns, is of the Pointed form, but composed of a series of curvilinear
Svveeps, and several mouldings within the niche; under an enriched canopy of
^acery-pannelling, between small buttresses, and an angular pediment, crocketed,
Is a small square-headed basin, supported by a clustered shaft.
5. At Barneck Church, Northamptonshire, is the singular Piscina shewn at 5,
^bich is formed by a trefoil-headed niche, flanked by buttresses, and surmounted
°y boldly-sculptured crockets and a rich finial; the buttresses standing on a
bracket plinth, in which is the basin.
6. The Piscina represented at 6, in Dorchester Church, Oxfordshire, appears
fr°m the shelf which crosses it, to have been also used as an almery, or locker.
^ consists of a niche flanked by two graduated buttresses, which are based on the
^°°r, and canopied by a pointed arch, curving inwardly. Finials, pinnacles, and
brockets, with some minute tracery in the head of the arch, are included in the
design.
'■■> At Cobham Church, in Kent, is the very elegant Piscina, marked 7. This
ls designed and executed in a style of enrichment very superior to most others, and
doubtless be attributed to the munificence of the brave and knightly family of
Cobhams, so many of whom were interred in this edifice. It consists of a
*arge niche, flanked by two graduated buttresses on each side, which rise into,
an<i form portions of a tasteful canopy, composed of pedimental arches, pinnacles,
Pannelled quatrefoils, &c. The back and head of the niche are adorned with
^ndsome pannelling and groined tracery. An octagonal shaft supports the basin,
which is enriched with quatrefoils in pannels and other ornaments.
8- The Piscina in Norwich Cathedral, represented at 8, is another elegant
sPecimen of the Pointed kind, though not so elaborate in its details as that at
obham. It is of a light and graceful form, consisting of a niche and canopy.
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*• The double Piscina, marked 2, in Salisbury Cathedral, is of the simplest
form of that kind. This is a recessed niche contained within a square, and fronted
two pointed arches, with trefoil heads springing from small shafts, having circu-
^ar bases and capitals : here are two basins.
3. In Trinity Church, Coventry, is a Piscina remarkable for its simplicity, as
shewn by figure 3. This merely consists of a projecting shaft, ornamented with
foliage, a basin, and a shallow trefoil-headed niche.
4- In St. Albans Abbey Church is a Piscina, as represented at 4, of a very
different form and character from the last; indeed it is altogether of a peculiar
Ascription In this, the outward arch, which springs from conjoined and
cWered columns, is of the Pointed form, but composed of a series of curvilinear
Svveeps, and several mouldings within the niche; under an enriched canopy of
^acery-pannelling, between small buttresses, and an angular pediment, crocketed,
Is a small square-headed basin, supported by a clustered shaft.
5. At Barneck Church, Northamptonshire, is the singular Piscina shewn at 5,
^bich is formed by a trefoil-headed niche, flanked by buttresses, and surmounted
°y boldly-sculptured crockets and a rich finial; the buttresses standing on a
bracket plinth, in which is the basin.
6. The Piscina represented at 6, in Dorchester Church, Oxfordshire, appears
fr°m the shelf which crosses it, to have been also used as an almery, or locker.
^ consists of a niche flanked by two graduated buttresses, which are based on the
^°°r, and canopied by a pointed arch, curving inwardly. Finials, pinnacles, and
brockets, with some minute tracery in the head of the arch, are included in the
design.
'■■> At Cobham Church, in Kent, is the very elegant Piscina, marked 7. This
ls designed and executed in a style of enrichment very superior to most others, and
doubtless be attributed to the munificence of the brave and knightly family of
Cobhams, so many of whom were interred in this edifice. It consists of a
*arge niche, flanked by two graduated buttresses on each side, which rise into,
an<i form portions of a tasteful canopy, composed of pedimental arches, pinnacles,
Pannelled quatrefoils, &c. The back and head of the niche are adorned with
^ndsome pannelling and groined tracery. An octagonal shaft supports the basin,
which is enriched with quatrefoils in pannels and other ornaments.
8- The Piscina in Norwich Cathedral, represented at 8, is another elegant
sPecimen of the Pointed kind, though not so elaborate in its details as that at
obham. It is of a light and graceful form, consisting of a niche and canopy.