. Archaeologia cantiana. nt work-manship, shewing with the mortar-joints six tilesto a foot; and after 3 ft. 5 in. we come to a Sedile,which was discovered a short time ago blocked upwith mediaeval brickwork (see Illustration). It hadapparently a pointed arch of which about 5 ins. havebeen cut away. The springing line is about 2 ft. 9^ the seat; the radii are about 3 ft. 9 in., theircentres being on the springing line. This would fixits measurements as follows—span 5 ft., depth about1 ft. 3 in., height from seat to springing line 2 ft. 9^ in.,and from seat to apex about 6 ft. 4< in
. Archaeologia cantiana. nt work-manship, shewing with the mortar-joints six tilesto a foot; and after 3 ft. 5 in. we come to a Sedile,which was discovered a short time ago blocked upwith mediaeval brickwork (see Illustration). It hadapparently a pointed arch of which about 5 ins. havebeen cut away. The springing line is about 2 ft. 9^ the seat; the radii are about 3 ft. 9 in., theircentres being on the springing line. This would fixits measurements as follows—span 5 ft., depth about1 ft. 3 in., height from seat to springing line 2 ft. 9^ in.,and from seat to apex about 6 ft. 4< in. A difficultyhas arisen as to the date of the Sedile from the factthat the top of it has been cut away by the insertionof a lancet window, appearing at first sight to belongto the Early English period, so that the Sedile wouldseem as if it must be of an earlier date than thewindow. But Mr. Livett, though believing it notimpossible that the Sedile and lancet window werebuilt at the same time, and the sill of the window. ST. martins church, canterbury. 11 altered afterwards, thinks it more probable that theSedile and the brickwork in which it is placed werebuilt late in the twelfth century, and the lancetwindow inserted subsequently, perhaps in the four-teenth century. The position of the Sedile wouldseem to point out that the Altar stood, in EarlyEnglish times, immediately east of the step whereonthe present Altar-rails are placed. Little or nothing fresh has been discovered on theN. side of the Chancel. The so-called QueenBerthas tomb, which is now surmounted by a pseudo-Norman arch, is probably the tomb of the Restorerof the Church at the end of the twelfth century, andis coeval with the later brick wall. Below ground,in the North-West angle of the Chancel, were foundtwo or three projecting Boman tiles, apparently thebeginning of a cross wall which was destroyed whenthe present Chancel Arch was erected. Some slightsigns of the cross wall have also been detected abovethe sta
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