. Archaeologia cantiana. western bay. This has now been all re-stored, and with so much certainty as to all its parts, thatI trust it will not be open to the criticisms to which toomany restorations are liable, of being rather ingeniousthan true. I should mention that the new groining-ribsare of the same section as the old. The window in thenorth wall has been exactly restored after the old re-mains, some of which have indeed been incorporatedwith the new work. It is of three uncusped lights,with tracery composed of three cusped circles. Thecusping was let into a groove, and a sufficient numbe
. Archaeologia cantiana. western bay. This has now been all re-stored, and with so much certainty as to all its parts, thatI trust it will not be open to the criticisms to which toomany restorations are liable, of being rather ingeniousthan true. I should mention that the new groining-ribsare of the same section as the old. The window in thenorth wall has been exactly restored after the old re-mains, some of which have indeed been incorporatedwith the new work. It is of three uncusped lights,with tracery composed of three cusped circles. Thecusping was let into a groove, and a sufficient numberof fragments remained to give the exact number ofcusps, etc. The engraving shows both the design of thewindow and the fine section of its jamb. On the ex-terior the jamb has two engaged shafts, with caps andbases, and on the inside the monials are well mouldedand have each a detached marble shaft, whilst the jambshave two marble shafts and are richly moulded. Inter-nally the arch and tracery mouldings are very delicate,. W ^ \ NORTH-WEST BAY OF CHAKCEL, ST. MAKY, STONE. CHUECH OF ST. MARY, STONE. 125 whilst externally they consist of bold chamfers and hol-lows only. The detail of the sculpture of the capitalsof the monials was managed with rare skill, as will beseen by the illustration which I give of a fragment
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