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Vic. 2. Two highly pointed arches, without the ap-
pearance of circular intersections, orna-
mented with zig-zag and other Saxon
mouldings, and supported by Saxon pilas-
ters in the south transept of the said church
of St. Cross, illustrating the gradations by
which the Saxon style was transformed
into the pointed or Gothic. This part of
the church must have been built soon after
the east end.
3. Massive Saxon columns, with capitals and
bases inthe same style, supporting pointed
arches throughout the whole western nave
of the same church; by way of further
illustrating the aforesaid transformation.
It appeal's that this part of the church
also was erected toward the close of the
reign of Henry I.h
4. The great western portal of the church of
St. Cross, being an elegant specimen of
the early pointed or Gothic style, in a
complete state, as it prevailed in the reign
of king John', and the early part of that
of Henry III. It consists of a double
arch with trefoil heads, and an open qua-
h What is here said applies only to the lower story of the
church. The windows of the upper part, together with the
groining of the nave, and the west window and door, bear
demonstrative proofs of alterations subsequent to that period.
1 Witness the cloisters and refectory of Beaulieu abbey in
the New forest erected by that monarch, and bishop De
Lucy's works in Winchester cathedral.
Vic. 2. Two highly pointed arches, without the ap-
pearance of circular intersections, orna-
mented with zig-zag and other Saxon
mouldings, and supported by Saxon pilas-
ters in the south transept of the said church
of St. Cross, illustrating the gradations by
which the Saxon style was transformed
into the pointed or Gothic. This part of
the church must have been built soon after
the east end.
3. Massive Saxon columns, with capitals and
bases inthe same style, supporting pointed
arches throughout the whole western nave
of the same church; by way of further
illustrating the aforesaid transformation.
It appeal's that this part of the church
also was erected toward the close of the
reign of Henry I.h
4. The great western portal of the church of
St. Cross, being an elegant specimen of
the early pointed or Gothic style, in a
complete state, as it prevailed in the reign
of king John', and the early part of that
of Henry III. It consists of a double
arch with trefoil heads, and an open qua-
h What is here said applies only to the lower story of the
church. The windows of the upper part, together with the
groining of the nave, and the west window and door, bear
demonstrative proofs of alterations subsequent to that period.
1 Witness the cloisters and refectory of Beaulieu abbey in
the New forest erected by that monarch, and bishop De
Lucy's works in Winchester cathedral.