The history, architecture, and antiquities of the cathedral church of StCanice, Kilkenny . chap, in.] THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE CATHEDRAL. S3 varieties of the base-mold of the pillars (figs. 4, 5. and 6). We also subjoinan elevation of one of the pillars of the nave, drawn to a scale of five-eighths. No. 12. of an inch to a foot, showing the base and capital, and a corbel-head termi-nation of the hood-mold, as above described. The plan of these pillars maybe represented by a square of eighteen inches, having semicircles describedon all its sides, thus presenting the appearance of a cluster of fo
The history, architecture, and antiquities of the cathedral church of StCanice, Kilkenny . chap, in.] THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE CATHEDRAL. S3 varieties of the base-mold of the pillars (figs. 4, 5. and 6). We also subjoinan elevation of one of the pillars of the nave, drawn to a scale of five-eighths. No. 12. of an inch to a foot, showing the base and capital, and a corbel-head termi-nation of the hood-mold, as above described. The plan of these pillars maybe represented by a square of eighteen inches, having semicircles describedon all its sides, thus presenting the appearance of a cluster of four cylindricalshafts, half of each being engaged in the substance of the column. Eachcolumn measures 9 feet 6^ inches in height, or thereabouts, including thebase and capital. At the western end of each of the rows of arches, thehalf pillars, or responds, are similar in design to those we have described ;but in the eastern responds the molded soffit-ribs of the arches are carried by m 2 84 THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE CATHEDRAL [sect. I. single engaged filleted shafts of much smaller dimensions. The abacus of thecapitals of each of these shafts is continued along the face of the belfry pier, andforms also the upper member of the capitals of the two slender angle-shafts, thusconnecting them with
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