Watson, Walter Crum · London : A. Constable and company, limited · leaf 174
arch of the door itself. On thetympanum is a figure of St. John under a very elaboratecanopy with, on his right, a queer carving of a naked man,and on his left a dragon. The space between the arch andthe top moulding is filled with intricate but shallow panelling,among which, between two armillary… … sails set. Lastlv, as a cresting to the horizontal moulding,there is a row of urnlike objects, the only renaissance featuresabout the whole door. (Fig. 41.) Insii.le, all the piers are octagonal with a slender shaft ateach angle ; these shafts alone having small capitals, whiletheir bases stand on,…
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