A guide to English Gothic architecture, illustrated by numerous drawings and photographs (1922)
Gardner, Samuel, 1856- · Cambridge, University Press · leaf 222
HEDRAL. BASE OF CANTILUPE SHRINE. 1286. EE t The foliage on the base of the Cantilupe shrine at Hereford shows more design than the Southwellcapitals (see PI. CXXIX). The leaves are naturalistic, but they are arranged artistically to fill thespandrils. The figures in the niches represent Knights… … Plate No. CLXI. ST ALBANS ABBEY. BASE OE SHRINE, c. 1310 D,AND WATCHING LOET, c 1430 P The shrine is made externally of Purbeck marble. It is really the base which carried the shrine. Thesculptures depict the history of St Alban and his martyrdom. The iconoclasts of the 17th centurysmashed this…
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