Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 · Oxford [etc.] Parker and Co. · leaf 48
partly on thenature of the material to becarved; from this cause build-ings of a hard stone, such asgranite, often appear mucholder than they really are.Baptismal fonts especially arefrequently made of hard stoneor marble, which admit ofshallow sculpture; and richNorman work cut shallowmay be found… … Crypt, Canterbury, A.D. 1110. Norman capital, with carvingcommenced and left unfinished. 38 THE NORMAN PERIOD. the choir of the cathedral of Sens, from whencecame William, the architect of the choir of Canter-bury, is also an addition of later date. The samechange was made in many other churches of…
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