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same period. We have, therefore, to cross the channel before 
we can find a parallel case, although, even then they are by no 
means common ; St. George’s, Bosherville, being, I am told, a 
case in point; and Tournay Cathedral, although the towers are 
different in position, still they are similar in design, and are 
capped by short, square, lead spires, very like those which have 
been erected on the western towers here during the present 
restoration ; and should the great tower be taken in hand at some 
future date, which it is very much to be hoped it may, the centre 
spire at Tournay would be an admirable model to imitate. The 
principal features in the Norman architecture, which seem to 
demand our attention, are the pillars and arches of the nave. 
The cylindrical columns are remarkable for their massiveness, 
being five feet in diameter, and but nine feet in height. The 
bases, plain squares, have most of them been renewed, but they 
are supposed to be exact reproductions of the original ones. The 
capitals are very plain, the slight amount of decoration there is 
on each being different. The arches are semi-circular in form, 
and decorated on the hood moulding with the billet or some 
other ornament. On the second pillar, from the east of the south 
arcade, there are the remains of a painting of the Annunciation, 
probably the reredos to a side altar which stood there, the only ° 
remains of mural painting left in the church. The triforium, which 
in a measure reproduces the arches beneath, is remarkable from the 
great width of the openings, although they would seem to have been 
designed to be filled up with smaller arches, but never to have been 
completed. A similar triforium is shown in Mr. Ferguson’s 
“History of Architecture,” as existing at St. Magnus Cathedral, 
Kirkwall, but not filled up with the smaller arches, as these would 
appear to have intended to have been. At Romsey Abbey the 
arrangement is similar. The clerestory presents the unusual 
feature of plain circular windows. Both the doorways, as is usual 
in Norman buildings, are rich in ornamental detail; the western 
door being ornamented with remarkably good ironwork. The 
north door is carved out of thick planks of oak. We must not 
fail to notice the north porch, with its elaborate doorway and 
