[Illustration: King Henry VII.'s Chapel, Westminster Abbey.]
FOOTNOTES:
[121-*] Mr. Rickman, from whom this appellation is derived, has been since
generally followed in his nomenclature.
[137-*] In Compton Church, Surrey, is, or until recently was, the remains
of a wooden screen of late Norman character. Between the chancel and nave
of Stanton Harcourt Church, Oxfordshire, is an early wooden screen in the
style of the thirteenth century: the lower division is of plain
panel-work, whilst the upper division consists of a series of open-pointed
arches, trefoiled in the heads, and supported by slender cylindrical
shafts with moulded bases and capitals, and an annulated moulding
encircles each shaft midway up. In Northfleet Church, Kent, is a wooden
screen which approximates in general design that at Stanton Harcourt, but
is in a more advanced stage of art, being of the Early Decorated style:
the lower portion of this is of plain panelling, while the open work
forming the upper division above consists of a series of pointed arches,
with tracery and foliations in and between the heads, supported by slender
cylindrical shafts banded round midway with moulded bases and capitals,
and these arches support a horizontal cornice. Specimens of decorated
screen-work, some much mutilated, others in a more perfect state, are
existing in the churches of King's Sutton, Northamptonshire; Croperdy,
Oxfordshire; Beaudesert, Warwickshire; and in St.
Pages:
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
101
102
103
104
105