. Archaeologia cantiana. cel-arch at Stone, arranged in something of the out-line of an enormous dog-tooth, are all but repetitionsof the similar archivolt enrichments in the triforium ofthe north transept at Westminster.^ The roses roundthe archivolt of the south door at Stone are of the samekind as those round the inside arches of the north tran-sept doorways at Westminster. The foliage carved in the form of crosses in the qua- ^ There are one or two points whicli appear to me to make it possiblethat tlie sculpture of foliage was not done at Stone, but wrought elsewhereand sent there to be f
. Archaeologia cantiana. cel-arch at Stone, arranged in something of the out-line of an enormous dog-tooth, are all but repetitionsof the similar archivolt enrichments in the triforium ofthe north transept at Westminster.^ The roses roundthe archivolt of the south door at Stone are of the samekind as those round the inside arches of the north tran-sept doorways at Westminster. The foliage carved in the form of crosses in the qua- ^ There are one or two points whicli appear to me to make it possiblethat tlie sculpture of foliage was not done at Stone, but wrought elsewhereand sent there to be fixed. The northernmost spandril in the east wallshould be examined with a view to this point. 2 See illustration, p. 132. K 2 132 SOME ACCOUNT OF THE trefoils over the chancel arch at Stone are repeated in aquatrefoil over the door in the cloister at Westminster,leading to the private apartments of the abbat. Thecrosses are, of course, not identical in their treatment;but the idea is the same, and one of rare IV. The Materials used in the Abbey and at Stoneare as nearly as possible the same. The wrought stone-work is executed in Caen stone and Gatton stone, and agreat deal of chalk is used for wall-lining and groining,and all the shafts are of marble. V. Finally, the same general system of proportion isobserved in the Minster and the village Church. Inboth, the width from the aisle walls to the centre of thecolumns is equal to half the width of the nave. AtWestminster the height is given by three equilateraltriangles, whose base-line is the width across the nave CHURCPI OF ST. MAllY, STONE, 133 from centre to centre of the columns ; and two of thesetriangles give the height for the springing of the groin-ing, and the third the height of the groining to its Stone, if we erect triangles on the same base-line, thefirst gives the top of the capitals of the nave arcade; thesecond, within very little, the height of the top of thewall; and the third may very well
Size: 1352px × 1848px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1850, bookidarchaeologia, bookyear1858
