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St. Alban's Abbey.
portions cut away , and till quite recently were concealed by a blank wall , which has now been partially removed ; they are also of most admirable design , and are , as in the case of the central porch , enriched with Purbeck marble shafts , and beautifully foliated capitals , also with elegant arcading and a profusion of the dogtooth moulding—the distinctive ornament of the early part of the thirteenth century . Springing from the piers at the back of the
marble shafts are rows of beautiful crockets imitating bunches of foliage ; they much resemble the details to be found in Italian architecture , and are of an unique character in England . At Lincoln Cathedral , in the eastern transepts , in a similar manner crockets spring from the main piers at the back of the clustered columns . A considerable amomifc of blue
colouring-THE WESTERN TORCH . still remains on the mouldings of these porches . It is probable that the upper part is the work of Abbot Trumpington , ancl not of cle Cella . *
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St. Alban's Abbey.
portions cut away , and till quite recently were concealed by a blank wall , which has now been partially removed ; they are also of most admirable design , and are , as in the case of the central porch , enriched with Purbeck marble shafts , and beautifully foliated capitals , also with elegant arcading and a profusion of the dogtooth moulding—the distinctive ornament of the early part of the thirteenth century . Springing from the piers at the back of the
marble shafts are rows of beautiful crockets imitating bunches of foliage ; they much resemble the details to be found in Italian architecture , and are of an unique character in England . At Lincoln Cathedral , in the eastern transepts , in a similar manner crockets spring from the main piers at the back of the clustered columns . A considerable amomifc of blue
colouring-THE WESTERN TORCH . still remains on the mouldings of these porches . It is probable that the upper part is the work of Abbot Trumpington , ancl not of cle Cella . *