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[M2.85L]                                                              [M2.85]								85
                                                                      
                                                                      		Finally, on Nos 152 159 is given  the cross bar of the
                                                                      		tracery of the lateral windows;  on the side of the passage
                                                                      		round the church:  The heads of these windows are the
                                                                      		same as those of the lower story of apse, as far as I could
                                                                      		see - at least they are in general plan;  but the style of
                                                                      		the management is evidently immensely later;  note on No
                                                                      		152 the shallow rolls now become pure semicircles, the
                                                                      		elaborate {pendant} finial {fig 2} square instead of octagon,
                                                                      		its plan turned up above its profile with tracery falling
                                                                      		on it - note the same principle however kept of half
                                                                      		separating the rolls - characteristic of early work?
                                                                      		The lions heads are less spirited by far though still good
                                                                      		and bristly - but beginning to melt down.  The capitals
                                                                      		have same sections - but are more elaborate and curly
                                                                      		in lobes.  They are well ribbed.
                                                                      		The jamb section fig 3 is highly interesting;  the turn
                                                                      		of the bottom of the window is shown below;  it is worked
                                                                      		all in brick below the jamb;  and some section in s tone
                                                                      		on the archivolt;  having the banded plinth between, fig 4
                                                                      		and fig 5, is the length of a dentil;  each dentil a double
                                                                      		square and with two dogt; to it a very perfectly organized
                                                                      		system.

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