An introduction to the study of Gothic architecture . 39. nc <-th Transept, Winchester, 1079— Cushion Capital. 6o NORMAN 40. White Tower, London, ».T>. 10SLEarly Capital with rude volutes indtheTau. occur before thetime of Henry I.;as at Stourbridge(41), Malmesbury(37), and .Kirk-stall (38). Thisform of capitalwas perhaps themost common ofall in the firsthalf of the twelfthcentury, and con-tinued in use tothe end of theNorman style. The capitalswere sometimescarved at a periodsubsequent totheirerection, as in thecrypt at Canter-bury, where someof the capitals arefinis

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An introduction to the study of Gothic architecture . 39. nc <-th Transept, Winchester, 1079— Cushion Capital. 6o NORMAN 40. White Tower, London, ».T>. 10SLEarly Capital with rude volutes indtheTau. occur before thetime of Henry I.;as at Stourbridge(41), Malmesbury(37), and .Kirk-stall (38). Thisform of capitalwas perhaps themost common ofall in the firsthalf of the twelfthcentury, and con-tinued in use tothe end of theNorman style. The capitalswere sometimescarved at a periodsubsequent totheirerection, as in thecrypt at Canter-bury, where someof the capitals arefinished, othershalf finished, withtwo sides blank, and others not carved at all (25). Inthe early work at Westminster, before mentioned, thisis equally evident. At Castle Ashby, Northamptonshire,is the jamb of a Norman doorway with the pattern forthe sculptor scratched upon it with the chisel, but neverexecutedj.

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