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So far as the details can be seen, it appears to consist of two 

 semi-circular orders, each square-edged on the side next the 

 chancel, but on that next the nave moulded into a wide quarter- 

 hollow and half-round. Ou the same side are visible two 

 bearing-shafts in each jamb, having cushion-capitals with square 

 abaci chamfered below, and adorned on their faces with a band 

 of the sunk star ornament, which is continued along the wall at 

 each side to the angles. (Fig. 15.) The same ornament appears, 

 arranged in square panels, and with slight variations of form, 

 on most of the capitals themselves, one notable exception being 

 that of the inner pillar of the north jamb, which displays on the 

 outer face a peculiar engrailed or reversed scolloped ornament 

 of a somewhat inartistic type.*- (Fig. 16.) The outer capital of 



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Fig. 16. 



this jamb has a rude kind of knob, or volute, on the angle 

 imniediately below the abacus. On the opposite jamb, the half 

 of the inner capital has been cut or broken away to make room 

 for a hat peg ! The shafts rise from round bases, convex in 

 profile, and resting on square plinths, which are covered by the 



* A similar ornament occurs on some of the capitals of the west door- 

 way of Dunfermline Abbey, and is introduced, though sparingly, in the 

 naves of those splendid examples of Norman architecture — the Cathedr als 

 of Durham and Peterborough. 



