The history and antiquities of the abbey church of StPeter, Westminster : including notices and biographical memoirs of the abbots and deans of that foundation . sculpture in compartment B was probablyintended as an allegorical representation of the Virgin triumphing over the Dragon, or Satan, throughthe power of the Cross. In compartment C the sitting figure would seem to represent our Saviour,who is surrounded by his worshippers. The detached capitals marked A, E, and D, are copied fromthose that crown the shafts which support the trefoil-headed arches, and are here given to shewtheir variet
The history and antiquities of the abbey church of StPeter, Westminster : including notices and biographical memoirs of the abbots and deans of that foundation . sculpture in compartment B was probablyintended as an allegorical representation of the Virgin triumphing over the Dragon, or Satan, throughthe power of the Cross. In compartment C the sitting figure would seem to represent our Saviour,who is surrounded by his worshippers. The detached capitals marked A, E, and D, are copied fromthose that crown the shafts which support the trefoil-headed arches, and are here given to shewtheir variety and richness; the order of the initials points out their relative positions. t Keepe, who wrote his Monumenta TVestmonasteriensia in 1681, speaking of the Chapel ofSt. Michael, says, * this Chapel, with part of the Chapels of St. John the Evangelist and St. Andrew,are now taken up (and the monuments almost covered) by the scaffolds placed here, being made use ofat present for the Lower Convocation House for the Deans, Prebends, Doctors, &c. as that of KingHenry VII. is for the Archbishops and Bishops, when the Parliament sits at Westminster. P. Drawn, try TP Neale EnfSiaved byl Matthews WliiTMIIiriTIlIl, A®IBEX VIEW IH POETS COME1 LOOKING SOUTH EAST-. To EDMUND PRESTON ESQ of YARMOUTH .NORFOLK. m Ternem-irance, of many Jandnefses. in Colon, of his Taer/maye,, and of/>nra,te, tstxeni; inis />nne is- mscriled- iy y ^J^ggfe iy JTNaiUiSRmrtfJ/>SrJ3Udcfruirs RcnZ Jt Mine, fohnjm Jt CCheapsidc: INTERIOR OF THE SOUTH TRANSEPT. 33 others, but wider: it is now partly filled up by the monument of the poetGoldsmith, under which a low circular arch has been constructed. Thesecond compartment is formed by six pointed arches, with trefoils below,rising from small clustered columns ; behind which is a continuation of thepassage leading between the piers. Another range of six trefoil-headedpointed arches forms the third compartment: these are supported in
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