An introduction to the study of Gothic architecture . 51. Malmesbury Abbey, Wiltshire,The 66 NORMAN SCULPTURE. Sculptured ornament made great progress during thetwelfth century. We have seen by the testimony ofGervase that the chisel was not used in the gloriouschoir of Conrad at Canterbury, which was built be-tween 1096 and 1130, and an examination of the oldwork proves the exactness of his statement; all thesculptured ornament on the old work is shallow, andsuch as could very well be executed with the axe,which is not a bad tool in the hands of a skilful work-man, and is still commo
An introduction to the study of Gothic architecture . 51. Malmesbury Abbey, Wiltshire,The 66 NORMAN SCULPTURE. Sculptured ornament made great progress during thetwelfth century. We have seen by the testimony ofGervase that the chisel was not used in the gloriouschoir of Conrad at Canterbury, which was built be-tween 1096 and 1130, and an examination of the oldwork proves the exactness of his statement; all thesculptured ornament on the old work is shallow, andsuch as could very well be executed with the axe,which is not a bad tool in the hands of a skilful work-man, and is still commonly used in many parts of Eng-land and France. On comparing this early work atCanterbury with other early Norman buildings, it isplain that they all had their ornaments executed in thesame manner : the chisel is only required for deep-cut-ting, and especially under-cutting, and that we do notfind on any buildings of ascertained date before chisel was used for carving in stone in Italy andthe south of France at an earlier period, but not in Nor-mandy or the north of France much earlier
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