. Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society . Plan and Elevation of Pier in Crypt. Crypt of St. Nicholas Church. 173 (p. 178). It occupied, probably, a greater area than the blankspace with the stone coffin in its corner. On the key rib of the fii-st groining of the west sideof the south aisle, of somewhat later date, is the head ofQueen Phillipa, and on the south tierceron key, that of, ap-parently, Edward III.; Pryce^ has taken exception to thistradition, saying that neither the character of the head-dress northe style of the architecture agrees with the per
. Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society . Plan and Elevation of Pier in Crypt. Crypt of St. Nicholas Church. 173 (p. 178). It occupied, probably, a greater area than the blankspace with the stone coffin in its corner. On the key rib of the fii-st groining of the west sideof the south aisle, of somewhat later date, is the head ofQueen Phillipa, and on the south tierceron key, that of, ap-parently, Edward III.; Pryce^ has taken exception to thistradition, saying that neither the character of the head-dress northe style of the architecture agrees with the period in which shelived. The head-dress is, however, the same, though somewhatshortened, as shewn in her effigy in Westminster Abbey ; and asshe died in 1370, she was contemporary with the introductionof the perpendicular style of architecture. Assuming WalterDerbys gift to be really 1376, it is highly probable that thework of the crypt was begun in her lifetime, and the southaisle finished after her decease. Neither is it unreasonable tosuppose that so great a benefactor
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