Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 · Oxford [etc.] Parker and Co. · leaf 88
the two lower arches is pierced with an open qua-trefoil; it is al-so square-edgedonly, while thecapitals havegood foliage anda square abacusmolded. St, FrideswideChurch, nowChrist ChurchCathedral, Ox-ford, is a fineexample of lateNorman andtransitional workof early charac-ter. It was con-secrated… … St. Marys, Slirewsbury, c. A.D. 1180. 78 PERIOD OF TRANSITION. wide to the Norman monks was not obtained until1158, and it is not probable that they began to rebuildtheir church until their property was secured. ThePrior at this period was Robert of Cricklade, calledCanutus, a man of considerable…
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