The antiquities of England and Wales . PREFACE. 113 laneous plate, in the view of the eaft end of Barfrefton church;and in the entrance into what was the ftrangers hall, in the mo-naftery of Chrifts Church, Canterbury, built by ArchbifhopLanfranc; the fmall pillars, or columns whereof, were formerlyrichly ornamented; but by order of one of the deans, were chip-ped plain. The efcutcheons over thefe are remarkable j they notbeing cuftomary at the time of its erection. About the time of Alfred probably, but certainly in the reignof Edgar, (k) high towers and crofs aifles were firft introduced:the
The antiquities of England and Wales . PREFACE. 113 laneous plate, in the view of the eaft end of Barfrefton church;and in the entrance into what was the ftrangers hall, in the mo-naftery of Chrifts Church, Canterbury, built by ArchbifhopLanfranc; the fmall pillars, or columns whereof, were formerlyrichly ornamented; but by order of one of the deans, were chip-ped plain. The efcutcheons over thefe are remarkable j they notbeing cuftomary at the time of its erection. About the time of Alfred probably, but certainly in the reignof Edgar, (k) high towers and crofs aifles were firft introduced:the Saxon churches till then being only fquare, or oblong build-ings, generally turned femicircularly at the eaft end. Towers atfirft fcarcely rofe higher than the roof; being intended chiefly asa kind of lanthorn, for the admittance of light. An addition totheir height was in all likelihood fuggefted on the more commonufe of bells j which, though mentioned in fome of our monafteriesin the feventh century, were not in ufe in churches til
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