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An introduction to English church architecture : from the eleventh to the sixteenth century (1913)

Bond, Francis, d. 1918 · London : H. Milford · leaf 16

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d, however, few imitators in En<rland except in thehall of Oakham castle,^ and solitary capitals such as one in the triforium of i^eter-borouoh nave, carved perhaps by a Canterbury mason on his way to Oakham ; andthose of the chancel arch of l^roadwater, Sussex. Nowhere can the transition from… … quarries, and from the general character of the design it is evident the Reigatecapitals were carved by the same masons as those of New Shoreham ; but theformer are so superior in design and execution that the masons must have finishedtheir work at New Shoreham before they began at Reigate. Both…

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