A guide to English Gothic architecture, illustrated by numerous drawings and photographs (1922)
Gardner, Samuel, 1856- · Cambridge, University Press · leaf 141
he right is raised in blessing. The inmost order of the arch is rounded anddelicately carved with various ornaments. Next to this is a series of medallions of grotesque animalsplaying on instruments, with a bishop on the key-stone. Outside this is a flat row of medallions con-taining the signs of… … Plate No. LXXVII. ROCHESTER CATHEDRAL. WEST DOORWAY. cii;oto 1180. N This is—or was when the photograph was taken, and before recent restorations—the principal exampleof its kind in this country. The very elaborate ornamentation—much weather-worn—-resembles workat Poitiers more than anything else…
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