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Chapter IX: Conventional Ornaments 53

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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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