. The baronial and ecclesiastical antiquities of Scotland. ced a new element of discordance and confusion, in the contrast betweenthe cold, flat, new surfaces of masonry and the rugged, weather-beaten ruinsin which they are embodied. There are few buildings in which the Norman and the early English areso closely blended, and the transition so gentle. The great western door hasthe Norman arch, with an approach to the later types in some of its ratherpeculiar mouldings, while the broad and equally peculiar gallery above it—theonly interior portion of the church remaining in a state of preservati
. The baronial and ecclesiastical antiquities of Scotland. ced a new element of discordance and confusion, in the contrast betweenthe cold, flat, new surfaces of masonry and the rugged, weather-beaten ruinsin which they are embodied. There are few buildings in which the Norman and the early English areso closely blended, and the transition so gentle. The great western door hasthe Norman arch, with an approach to the later types in some of its ratherpeculiar mouldings, while the broad and equally peculiar gallery above it—theonly interior portion of the church remaining in a state of preservation—shows the pointed arch, with all the simplicity of the Norman pillar andcapital. All the material fragments of the church now remaining are repre-sented in the four accompanying plates, from which as full an idea of theshape and character of the remains may be derived as the visitor couldacquire on the spot. It will be seen that over the gallery, at the westernend of the nave, there widens the lower arc of a circular window, which must ,f!ff5*-.^-. WKSlKRN DOORWAY—AUERIiKO in WICK. ANTIQUITIES OF SCOTLAND J have been of great size. The only portions of the aisle windows still exist-ing are on the south side of the nave. None of the central pillars remain,but their bases have been carefully laid bare : and it is supposed, from thegreater size of those at the meeting of the cross, that here there had been agreat central tower. Among the tombs of more modern date, in the grave-yard near thechurch, there are many which bear sculptural marks of a very remoteantiquity ; and among the ornaments they present, the primitive form of thecross is conspicuous. During the operations for cleaning out the ruins, whichwere conducted under the authority of the Exchequer in 1815,* some piecedof monumental sculpture were discovered, two of which are curious andremarkable. The one is the mutilated figure of a dignified churchman—pro-bably an abbot. The head, the hands—which appear to h
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