Jackson, Thomas Graham, Sir, 1835-1924 · Cambridge, University Press · leaf 374
p 5 CH. xxviij ENGLAND—NORMAN PERIOD 229 the spiral roll reaches It the capital overhangs the shaft Pittingtondisagreeably. The days of this spiral ornament werereally over, and the artist trying to do something originalin that way has bungled. The capitals even here do notrise above a version of… … Fig. 133- The sternest Norman work in England is that of the s. AibansAbbey at S. Albans, of which the earlier part was builtby Abbot Paul between 1077 and 1088. Here there areabsolutely no mouldings on the edge of pier and arch.The material employed had no doubt something to dowith this, being…
