Jackson, Thomas Graham, Sir, 1835-1924 · Cambridge, University Press · leaf 299
the west The porchdoorway, is now generally admitted to be Biscops work,but only the lower part of the tower is original, for Monk- wear- mouth i86 ENGLAND—SAXON PERIOD [ch. xxvi marks in the masonry show that it finished with a gabledroof above the second storey: the upper part, however,is still… … Jion^<y/earmoum 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…
