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Title: The Archaeological journal
Year: 1844 (1840s)
Authors: British Archaeological Association. Central Committee Archaeological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland. Central Committee Royal Archaeological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland. Central Committee Royal Archaeological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland. Council Royal Archaeological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland Royal Archaeological Institute (Great Britain)
Subjects: Archaeology -- Periodicals Middle Ages -- History Periodicals Great Britain -- Antiquities Periodicals
Publisher: (London : Longman, Rrown,(sic) Green, and Longman
Contributing Library: Getty Research Institute
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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Fecamp and Bernay, where, as at Oxford, portionsof early work appear to have been religiously preservedamidst twelfth century additions, a further discoverywas made that completed the proof that the CathedralChurch contains remains of pre-Norman date, hithertooverlooked. The discovery was made in this way :—Onreferring to the Journal of the Institute for 1850, in whichthere is a short account of the visit paid to the Cathedralon the occasion of the Meeting of that year at Oxford, itis mentioned that Prof. Willis decided, in opposition to theviews of many archaeologists at that time, that the triforiumopenings in the choir were not clearstory windows, seeingthat there were on the side of the aisles (as found by my-self four years ago), Norman arches over the triforiumopenings. Also, the capitals and bases of the triforiumshafts were either reworked at the same time that theNorman arches were built, or else, (as the bases havespurs, or foot ornaments), were entirely renewed; but more
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Pre-Norman Clearstory Window, South Transept, >xford Cathedral. IN OXFORD CATHEDRA),. 159 particularly because no grooves existed to shew that theopenings had ever been glazed. Professor Willis concluded,therefore, that the triforium openings were of Normandesign as well as the arches over them. He did notthink it necessary to examine the pseudo-triforium work-in the transepts and nave, which it was assumed on allsides was of later date. A ladder having been again procured, it was at onceseen that the shafts in the west wall of the south transepthad been grooved, but the grooves were stopped up withmortar, neatly smoothed and rounded so as to resemblestone. This, it was ascertained from the builders employedin the restoration of 1870, was done when the white-washwas cleared off, in order to make the old shafts more sightly.The stonework, however, of this window had evidently beentaken down and re-erected at an earlier period ; for thegrooves in the shafts were not in a right line w

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