Notes on the Old Crosses of GloucestershireLongmans, Green, 1868 - 76 Seiten |
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9 ft Abbey of Tewkesbury Abbot Gyraldus ACTON COURT alternate faces Amney Holy-Rood angles arches architecture arms ASHTON-UNDER-HILL Augustine Aylburton base basement step BISLEY BRISTOL HIGH CROSS buttresses CALMSDEN canopies carved chamfered chiselled churchyard Cross CIRENCESTER Clearwell CLEARWELL CROSS CROSS RESTORED Cross stands crowned drip moulding EASTLEACH erected figures finial Fitz-Nichol fixed four fourteenth century Gloucester gonal ground HARESFIELD head inserted Iron Acton iron cross John de Acton King Lydney Lysons M&N Hanhart lith Maisemore manor masonry mortised NEWLAND CROSS niches Nicholas Poyntz old Cross ornamented outline parish of Amney pedestal placed plinth preserved probably Richard III Robert Fitz-Haimon Robert Fitzharding Rood sculptured socket is octagonal socket with lead south porch south side spandrel spot square block square by broaches stage steps measure respectively stone Stourhead Street style surmounted tapering octagon tenon three steps measure tier total height upper bed upper face village Cross Virgin WESTBURY-ON-SEVERN WESTON-ON-AVON
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Seite 24 - When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the disciple standing by, whom he loved, he saith unto his mother, Woman, behold thy son! Then saith he to the disciple, Behold thy mother! And from that hour that disciple took her unto his own home.
Seite 24 - ... with the picture of Mary on one side of our Saviour, and that of St. John on the other. Two archangels, glittering with gold, stood, one by...
Seite 8 - Cross affords sufficient proof that originally, not the figures only, but the entire surface of the stone 'work was thus enriched, the figures having best preserved these remains of colouring. The colours used were vermilion, blue, and gold. The gilding may be traced in every part, — on the ribs of the groining, &c. but the vermilion being the most durable, has retained its rich hue, while the blue has faded to pale grey. The dresses of the figures were for the most part painted vermilion; the...
Seite 8 - ... the disruption and fall of important portions. The lower story was filled up with solid masonry upon its re-erection, for the purpose of support. The size of the original central column is therefore not ascertained ; but Mr. Norton has judged it most accordant to the spirit of the design to make it as light as is consistent with safe construction, bearing in mind that the superincumbent weight is very considerable. The form of the arch in this stage is flat, being segmental, and nearly approaching...
Seite 5 - That of King John was placed northward, fronting Broad Street. He gave the city the first and very extensive charter of privileges, especially all the void ground on the banks of the rivers, thereby to amend the town by building.
Seite 24 - Whether the churches be sufficiently garnished and adorned with all ornaments and books necessary, and whether they have a rood in their church of a decent stature, with Mary and John, and an image of the patron of the same church.
Seite 6 - I. northward. He granted a new charter, and sold the castle and its dependencies to the city, which, to the great annoyance of the inhabitants, was before out of the mayor's jurisdiction.
Seite 10 - The modern Cross is divided into four separate stages. The lower, composed of the open groined space, is square in plan, the groining ribs dying on to a central octagonal column, which they connect with the four angular buttresses, and also immediately support the lower pedestals, through whose mullioned spaces the play of light produces a good effect : a kind of rough groining shaft attaches the open work to the central construction. " The second tier is composed of the niches and projecting canopies,...
Seite 67 - Attwood of the Vine Tree At the first time erected me And freely he did this bestow Strange travellers the way to show Six generations past and gone.
Seite 8 - ... its being made as light as is consistent with safe construction, bearing in mind that the superincumbent weight is very considerable. The form of the arch in this stage is flat, being segmental, and nearly approaching to a four-centred arch. The ogee arch being high, a large spa'ndrel space is thus left for foliation. The crockets and finial are unusually large, and very boldly carved ; the character of the trefoil open panelling of the lower pedestals is late, and the whole detail and design...