The history and antiquities of the abbey church of StPeter, Westminster : including notices and biographical memoirs of the abbots and deans of that foundation . ACCOUNT OF THE CLOISTERS. 285 The East Cloister is the most irregular in its construction, though at thesame time the most elaborate in its sculpture and ornaments, of the consists of eight divisions on the east side, and six on the west: not anytwo of which are precisely similar, as may be ascertained by the Sectionsin Plate XXXI. The five arches towards the north are both large andstrong; they sustain a portion of the weigh
The history and antiquities of the abbey church of StPeter, Westminster : including notices and biographical memoirs of the abbots and deans of that foundation . ACCOUNT OF THE CLOISTERS. 285 The East Cloister is the most irregular in its construction, though at thesame time the most elaborate in its sculpture and ornaments, of the consists of eight divisions on the east side, and six on the west: not anytwo of which are precisely similar, as may be ascertained by the Sectionsin Plate XXXI. The five arches towards the north are both large andstrong; they sustain a portion of the weight of the South Transept. Thepannelling in each of the three northernmost divisions on the east side, con-sists of three trefoil-headed arches, surmounted by an equal number oflarge trefoils; in the fourth division are three pointed arches only: imme-diately under the capitals of the small pillars, from which the tracery springsin these compartments, are the remains of an horizontal list, or fillet, of gold,about three inches in breadth. In the next division, which in every parthas been richly decorated, is an entrance leading to the ancient Chapter-House,
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