Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society . THE KINGS BOARD, GLOUCESTER. i. THE KINGS BOARD, GLOUCESTER. The so-called Kings Board at Tibberton Court. 341 and monuments was evidently borrowed from mediaevalexamples. G. A Flagellation. The spandrels are sunk and moulded on the inside. H. The moulded piers, with their varied bases, areworthy of note as an instance of the ingenuity of the oldmasons, and evidence of their love for their work. Now let us see if we can ascertain the original appear-ance of this interesting building, and the use for which itwas intended.
Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society . THE KINGS BOARD, GLOUCESTER. i. THE KINGS BOARD, GLOUCESTER. The so-called Kings Board at Tibberton Court. 341 and monuments was evidently borrowed from mediaevalexamples. G. A Flagellation. The spandrels are sunk and moulded on the inside. H. The moulded piers, with their varied bases, areworthy of note as an instance of the ingenuity of the oldmasons, and evidence of their love for their work. Now let us see if we can ascertain the original appear-ance of this interesting building, and the use for which itwas intended. I have obtained the following notes from FosbrookesHistory of Gloticester and from the Corporation Records, whichwill, I think, enable us to form a good idea of its originalappearance. Fosbrooke says: Martin, who wrote in 1759,^ describesit as a small market house, over which was a cistern ofSevern water. Over the arches and on the sides and endsof it were carvings of scriptural subjects. At each cornerwas a large statue, and on the upper part a cross upon apyramid between four effigies, and it had
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