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should describe the inside order as ' having its voussoirs 

 moulded horizontally on the soffit.' It is a form which one 

 meets with occasionally, but in turning over such drawings 

 as I have here I have not found an example. 1 The caning 

 of the capitals is contemporary with the arch, but I am not 

 sure that the jamb is not older. I could not, however, 

 speak positively as to that without seeing the place. The 

 outer capital is a remote shadow of the Corinthian and of 

 a type peculiar to the second half of the twelfth century. 

 The other capital reminds one of Welsh work." The Right 

 Hon. Lord Grimthorpe, one of the restorers of S. Albans' 

 Abbey, on February 16, 1896, wrote : " That is certainly a 

 very remarkable chancel arch in your church, and some fine 

 Early English pillars." 



Garway chancel arch and the capitals, I think, display 

 Eastern characteristics in addition to Norman. For ex- 

 ample, the third or inside order of the arch one meets with 

 in England occasionally ; but in Eastern architecture it 

 appears frequently (see the Alhambra arches). Again, the 

 form of the rose at the end of the abacus is so Eastern as 

 at first sight to arrest the attention of Prof. A. H. Sayce of 

 Oxford, who pronounced it to be of " Persian pattern " — 

 the usual form of English rose in architecture being that of 

 the dog-rose. Moreover, the string of pearls on one of the 

 capitals is set Turkish fashion. Lastly, the frequent occur- 

 rence of the lotus leaf and blossom would alone mark the 

 influence of Eastern art. 



1 Since the receipt of the above the Rev. H. Johnston informed me that a 

 similar arch ornament is to be seen in Steyning Church, Sussex. 



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