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Byzantine and Romanesque architecture (1913)

Jackson, Thomas Graham, Sir, 1835-1924 · Cambridge [Eng.] University press · leaf 418

An illustration from Byzantine and Romanesque architecture, 1913, leaf 418
CH. xxviiij ENGLAND—NORMAN PERIOD 247 an ivory carving, and allowing for the grotesque element Capitalsin the fabulous creatures represented, they are well Chestermodelled. Another capital (Fig. 145), which was built into thewall in the same way with the carved part inwards, showsa refinement of… … Fig. 145- into a trefoil, of which the planes are cleverly managed.Fig. 146 shows a very similar capital from Ernulf andConrads crypt at Canterbury. These two capitals at Winchester being carved on allfour sides and prepared for slender colonnettes about6^ inches in diameter, may very likely have…

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