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trefoil in the centre above them, forming
all together one elegant pointed arch,
which rests upon four slender columns,
with neat plain capitals and bases. The
arched moulding that rests upon the in-
ward pillars, consisting of the cup of a
flower inverted, in open carved work, is an
appropriate ornament of the pointed order,
being different from every kind of Saxon
moulding. We have here also one of the
first specimens of a canopy over a pointed
arch, which afterwards became so im-
portant a member in this style of architec-
ture. The present canopy is a plain wea-
ther moulding, of the same angle with the
arch itself, and rests, by way of corbels, on
two flowers, instead of human heads,
though an ornament of the latter kind is
seen in the open space, just above the
centre column. It may be looked upon
as certain, that this ornamented portal is
not coeval with the rest of the lower part
of the church; and from its style we may
safely pronounce that it was altered to its
present form about the beginning of the
thirteenth century.
Fig. 5. The great west window of the same church,
being divided by simple mullions into five
principal lights, the wheel above and other
intermediate spaces being filled with orna-
mental trefoils. This. appears to be one
trefoil in the centre above them, forming
all together one elegant pointed arch,
which rests upon four slender columns,
with neat plain capitals and bases. The
arched moulding that rests upon the in-
ward pillars, consisting of the cup of a
flower inverted, in open carved work, is an
appropriate ornament of the pointed order,
being different from every kind of Saxon
moulding. We have here also one of the
first specimens of a canopy over a pointed
arch, which afterwards became so im-
portant a member in this style of architec-
ture. The present canopy is a plain wea-
ther moulding, of the same angle with the
arch itself, and rests, by way of corbels, on
two flowers, instead of human heads,
though an ornament of the latter kind is
seen in the open space, just above the
centre column. It may be looked upon
as certain, that this ornamented portal is
not coeval with the rest of the lower part
of the church; and from its style we may
safely pronounce that it was altered to its
present form about the beginning of the
thirteenth century.
Fig. 5. The great west window of the same church,
being divided by simple mullions into five
principal lights, the wheel above and other
intermediate spaces being filled with orna-
mental trefoils. This. appears to be one