Jackson, Thomas Graham, Sir, 1835-1924 · Cambridge [Eng.] University press · leaf 301
chdoorway, is now generally admitted to be Biscops work,but only the lower part of the tower is original, for i86 ENGLAND—SAXON PERIOD [ch. xxvi Monk-wear-mouth marks in the masonry show that it finished with a gabledroof above the second storey : the upper part, however,is still Saxon work though… … JioniO^cLtmoutR Fig. 116. the jambs (Fig. ii6). They carry a massive impostblock from which the arch springs, and they rest onupright slabs reaching through the wall and carved withtwo curious serpentine creatures intertwined and withbeaked heads. A frieze sculptured with animals, nowmuch defaced,…
