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Dog-tooth--Ball-flower--Tudor-flower
TOPOGRAPHICAL INDEX OF PLATES 55
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
_The figures on the right give the pages where the Plates are described or mentioned. Small print indicates points to be noted._
1 Shapes of Capitals.....14, 15, 20, 39
(i) Cushion (Winchester Crypt), (ii) Scallop (Tower of
London), (iii) Bell (Boxgrove), (iv) Cup (Bury St Edmunds)
2 Sompting, Sussex (String Course).....11, 23, 25
Saxon trefoils
3 Oxford Galleries (Ivory Casket).....11, 26, 48
Turned-over tips
4 Kimpton, Herts (Arcade).....13, 22
Alternate N. and E.E. caps.
5 Christchurch, Hants (Capitals).....15
Greek anthemion caps.
6 Hemel Hempstead, Herts (Capital).....15, 36, 41, 42, 50
Beaded strands and profile leaves
7 Northampton, St Peter’s (Capital).....16
Triple profile leaves
8 Aylesbury (Base of Font).....16
Triple strands and profile leaves
9 Oxford Cathedral (Capital).....16
Interlaced strands
10 Deerhurst, Glos (Font).....17
Saxon spirals and sprays
11 Deerhurst, Glos (Capital).....17
E.E. copy of font-sprays
12 Durham Cathedral Library (Trees).....17
Beaded straps
13 King’s Walden, Herts (Capital).....18
Transition water-leaf
14 Oxford Cathedral (Capitals).....18
Transition experiments
15 Canterbury Cathedral Choir (Capital).....19
French Corinthian
16 Broadwater, Sussex (Capitals).....19
A.S. type and French
17 Sompting (Capital).....19
Corinthian experiment
18 Canterbury Crypt (Capital).....20
Parallel leaves
19 Black Bourton, Oxon (Capital).....21
Curved scallops
20 Kimpton (Capital).....21, 24
Foliated scallops
21 King’s Walden (Capital).....21, 24
Scallops and parallel leaves
22 Romsey Abbey (Capitals).....21
Enriched scallops
23 Cuddington, Bucks (Capital).....21
A variety of scallops
24 King’s Walden (Capital).....22
Mid-ribbed trefoils
25 Hereford Cathedral (Capitals).....2, 23
Curved variation of Pl. 2
26 St David’s Cathedral (Capitals).....23, 28, 31
Hollowed trefoils
27 Bledlow, Bucks (Capital).....23
Alternate mid-ribbed and hollowed
28 Fountains Abbey (Capital).....23
Alternate mid-ribbed and hollowed
29 Kimpton (Capital).....23
Early stiff-leaf
30 Kimpton (Capital).....24
Early stiff-leaf
31 Minster, Thanet (Capital).....24
Solid and hollowed trefoils
32 Wells Cathedral, S. Transept (Capitals).....25, 28
Stiff-leaf varieties
33 Lincoln Cathedral, Nave (Capital).....25
Characteristic stiff-leaf
34 Hereford Cathedral, N. Transept (Capitals).....25, 28, 53
Convolutions and curved dog-tooth
35 Teversham, Cambs (Corbel).....26
Flat mid-ribs piercing tips
36 Eaton Bray, Beds (Capitals).....26
Wavy garlands
37 Ivinghoe, Bucks (Capitals).....26
Typical trefoils
38 Stone, Kent (Spandril).....27
Good specimen of late stiff-leaf
39 Westminster Abbey (Spandril).....27
The predecessor of Pl. 38
40 Lincoln Cathedral, Nave (Capital).....27, 28
Split trefoils
41 Wells Cathedral, W. Nave (Capitals).....27
Free treatment
42 Wells Cathedral, W. Nave (Corbel).....28
Cut-out trefoils
43 Wells Cathedral, W. Nave (Corbel).....28
Fronts and backs of leaves
44 Lincoln Cathedral, S.E. Porch (Foliage round statuettes).....28
Undercut arbours
45 Lincoln Cathedral, Choir Aisle Doorway (Foliage
on mouldings).....29, 39, 50
Undercut sprays
46 Lincoln Cathedral, Choir Aisle (Capital).....29
Crockets
47 Lincoln Cathedral, E. Angel Choir (Capital).....24, 29
Extreme limits of stiff-leaf
48 King’s Lynn, Norfolk (Capital).....29, 40
Stiff-leaf with flowers
49 Lichfield Cathedral (Capitals).....30, 53
Cinque-foils and 2-leaved dog-tooth
50 Salisbury Cathedral, Chapter House (Capitals).....30
Crocketed trefoils
51 Salisbury Cathedral, Old Choir Screen (Capital).....30
Graceful free treatment
52 Wells Cathedral, W. Nave (Capitals).....30
The Wells development suggesting cornucopiae
53 Wells Cathedral, Nave (Capitals).....31
The Wells development suggesting cornucopiae
54 Ely Cathedral, Retrochoir (Capitals).....32, 50
Bulged centres appearing
55 Llandaff Cathedral (Capitals, etc.).....32
Local varieties
56 Weobley, Heref. (Coffin-lid).....32
Stiff-leaf cross
57 Southwell Cathedral, Chapter House (Capital).....35, 40
Naturalistic hops
58 Southwell Cathedral, Chapter House (Capitals).....35
Naturalistic hawthorn, etc.
59 Southwell Cathedral, Chapter House (Gable).....35
Naturalistic hawthorn, etc.
60 Hereford Cathedral, Cantilupe Shrine (Spandril).....36
Trefoils and cinquefoils
61 Winchelsea, Tomb (Panel).....36, 41, 42, 50
Oak
62 Oxford Cathedral, Shrine (Spandril).....36
Oak
63 Exeter Cathedral, Choir (Corbel).....36
Oak
64 Exeter Cathedral, Choir (Corbel).....36
Celery (?)
65 Iffley, Oxford (Door jamb).....37
Norman rosettes
66 Lincoln Cathedral, Choir Aisle Doorway
(Mouldings).....37, 53
E.E. roses and dog-tooth
67 Fyfield, Essex (Window jamb).....37
Globular roses
68 Rochester Cathedral (Chapter House Doorway).....37
Heraldic roses
69 Erwarton, Suffolk, Font (Rose).....38
Later form of Pl. 68
70 Cambridge, St John’s College Gateway.....38
Tudor roses, etc.
71 Beverley Minster (Capital).....39
Adhesive foliage
72 Winchelsea, Tomb (Panel).....40
Rippling leaves
73 Beverley Minster, Tomb (Capital).....40
Exaggerated bulgings
74 Ely Cathedral, Lady Chapel (Gable).....41
Seaweed type
75 Ely Cathedral, Lady Chapel (Capitals).....41
Elaborate type
76 Lincoln Cathedral, Easter Sepulchre (Panels).....41
Combined naturalism and ripples
77 Exeter Cathedral, Tomb (Decoration).....41
Globular excrescences
78 Patrington, Yorks (Capitals).....41
Sprawling foliage
79 Aldenham, Herts, Tomb (Spandril).....36, 41, 42, 50
Late ripples
80 St Albans Cathedral, Ramryge Chantry (Cornice).....42
Square leaves with holes
81 Ely Cathedral, Alcock Chantry (Cornice).....43
Square leaves with holes
82 North Cerney, Glos (Pulpit).....43
Conventional lilies
83 Oxford, St Mary’s (Cornice and Spandril).....43
Square leaves with knobs
84 Oxford Cathedral, Watching Loft (Decorations).....43, 54
Tudor flowers and vine sprays
85 Cambridge, King’s College Chapel (Mouldings
of W. Doorway).....37, 38, 44, 45
Tudor rose and naturalistic leaves
86 Lincoln Cathedral (Corbel and Capital).....48
Purbeck marble foliage
87 Exeter Cathedral, Tomb (Panels).....49
Purbeck marble foliage
88 York Cathedral, Tomb (Spandril).....49
Purbeck marble foliage
89 Rochester Cathedral (Corbel).....49
Purbeck marble foliage
90 Peterborough Cathedral (Capitals).....49
Wood 13th cent. capital fitted into Renaissance arches
91 Exeter Cathedral (Misericord).....50
Wood stiff-leaf
92 Exeter Cathedral (Misericord).....50
Wood stiff-leaf
93 Exeter Cathedral (Misericord).....50
Wood stiff-leaf with knobs
94 Christchurch, Hants (Misericord).....50
Specimen of 13th cent. wood-carving
95 King’s Lynn, Norfolk (Misericord).....36, 41, 42, 43, 50
Specimen of 14th cent. wood-carving
96 King’s Lynn, Norfolk (Screen).....50
Wood canopies
97 Winchester Cathedral (Stalls).....50 .....14th cent. wood leaves and fruit
98 Tong, Salop (Cornice and Screen).....51 .....15th cent. wood leaves and fruit
99 Tong, Salop (Cornice and Screen).....51 .....15th cent. wood leaves and fruit
100 Abergavenny, Mon. (Cornice and Screen).....51 .....15th cent. wood leaves and fruit
101 Norwich Cathedral (Canopy of Stalls).....51 .....15th cent. wood crockets
102 Mullion, Cornwall (Bench).....52 .....16th cent. wood-carving
103 Crowcombe, Som. (Bench).....52 .....16th cent. naturalistic work
104 Ely Cathedral, Galilee (Wall Arcade).....53
Dog-tooth in mouldings
105 Soham, Cambs (Chancel Arch).....53 .....3-leaved dog-tooth
106 St Cross, Winchester (Arch over W. Doorway).....53
Elaborated dog-tooth
107 Dunstable, Beds (Mouldings).....53
Elaborated dog-tooth
108 Wells Cathedral, W. Doorway (Mouldings).....53
Elaborated dog-tooth
109 Leominster, Heref. (Window).....53
Ball-flower in mouldings
110 Exeter Cathedral (Screen Panel and Mouldings).....53
Stalked ball-flower
111 Tewkesbury Abbey, Tomb (Mouldings).....40, 54
Ball-flower
112 Purse Caundle, Dorset, Tomb (Spandril and
Cornice).....54
Tudor ornaments
ABBREVIATIONS
The following Abbreviations are used:
A.S. Anglo-Saxon, N. Norman, Tr. Transition, E.E. Early English, D. Decorated, P. Perpendicular, N. North, S. South, E. East, W. West
ENGLISH GOTHIC FOLIAGE SCULPTURE
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