Byzantine and Romanesque architecture . ny more of the same kindare now built into the vestry wall, and two othersare preserved in the Library of Durham shafts are not unknown in Roman work, andthey may have given the suggestion for these. Theyare often used as mid-wall shafts, as in the tower ofS. Benets at Cambridge, and that of S. Michael in theCornmarket at Oxford (Fig. 121), which though builtprobably after the conquest is obviously the work ofSaxon hands. Nothing like the Saxon baluster has beenfound out of England, so that here again we have adistinct national feature
Byzantine and Romanesque architecture . ny more of the same kindare now built into the vestry wall, and two othersare preserved in the Library of Durham shafts are not unknown in Roman work, andthey may have given the suggestion for these. Theyare often used as mid-wall shafts, as in the tower ofS. Benets at Cambridge, and that of S. Michael in theCornmarket at Oxford (Fig. 121), which though builtprobably after the conquest is obviously the work ofSaxon hands. Nothing like the Saxon baluster has beenfound out of England, so that here again we have adistinct national feature. The most perfect and remarkable pre-conquest build-ing is that at Bradford-on-Avon, where Bishop Adhelmfounded a church in 705. The existing building withits strange sculpture and arcaded walls is unique as acomplete example of Saxon art. It consists of a naveand chancel, with a porch on the north side (Fig. 122).And probably it once had a corresponding porch on thesouth which has disappeared. It is well built with fine Plate CXXXVII. S. BENEPS—CAMBRIDGE Plate CXXX VIII
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