The history and antiquities of the abbey church of StPeter, Westminster : including notices and biographical memoirs of the abbots and deans of that foundation . cagonthan to any other figure. Commencing at the Screen which crosses the area atthe back of the Altar-piece, it is bounded on each side by four large columns,each of which is surrounded by the same number of detached shafts ; theseare banded to the main columns by three rows of mouldings, having circularcaps. The great arches are all pointed, but those to the east are far more acutely * Westmonasterium, Vol. I. p. 63. f Ibid. p. 62.
The history and antiquities of the abbey church of StPeter, Westminster : including notices and biographical memoirs of the abbots and deans of that foundation . cagonthan to any other figure. Commencing at the Screen which crosses the area atthe back of the Altar-piece, it is bounded on each side by four large columns,each of which is surrounded by the same number of detached shafts ; theseare banded to the main columns by three rows of mouldings, having circularcaps. The great arches are all pointed, but those to the east are far more acutely * Westmonasterium, Vol. I. p. 63. f Ibid. p. 62. X It may not be superfluous to remark that the back ground in the above picture is entirelydiapered with small squares, each inclosing an expanded flower; and having an almost exact similitudeto the mural sculpturing over the ancient parts of the Abbey Church. A good copy of this picturewas made by the late Mr. J. Carter, in 1786, and an engraving from it, by himself, coloured, waspublished in the first volume of the Specimens of Ancient Sculpture and Painting. The engravingmade by Vertue, in 1718, from the same original, is incorrect in various ST. EDWARDS CHAPEL DESCRIBED. 47 so than the two which adjoin to the choir: this has arisen from the support-ing columns having been here arranged more nearly contiguous than in thenave and choir, in order to allow for the due contraction of this part of There is also a diversity arising from the same cause in thesmaller arches above; those only over the westernmost arches being double,whilst all the others are single: in other respects, as in the general formsand variations of the mouldings, the mural sculpturing, &c. this division issimilar to the corresponding line of the choir. The three upper windows tothe east are filled with ancient stained glass, displaying full length repre-sentations of King Edward, St. John, his Patron Saint; and other figures. The Screen which extends across this Chapel on the west,
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