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Object type: Capital
Measurements: H. overall 59 cm (23.2 in); capital 32 cm (12.6 in); abacus 27 cm (10.6 in); W. (north–south) abacus 72 cm (28.3 in); capital 55 > 44 cm (21.6 > 17.3 in); D. (east–west) 87.5 cm (34.4 in)
Stone type: Yellowish grey (5Y 7/2), matrix-supported, micritic shelly oolite. Ooliths 0.3 to 0.5 mm across; they form about 75% of the stone. Most ooliths have fallen or weathered out to give an 'aero-chocolate' texture. Scattered shell fragments up to 2 mm form less than 1% of the stone. Farmington Freestone?, Taynton Limestone Formation?, Great Oolite Group, Jurassic.
Plate numbers in printed volume: Ill. 44; Fig. 22A
Corpus volume reference: Vol 10 p. 141
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Trapezoidal capital with southern side cut back to a vertical edge. The capital is carved on western face with foliate decoration rising from a broad border and with a border running up the northern, sloping side. The carved face shows a central, fleshy vertical leaf flanked by small shoots and long curving shoots that become twisting tendrils near the top of the stone. A horizontal cross-bar divides the carved face into two zones. The capital is surmounted by a wide projecting abacus, square-faced with an inward chamfer on the lower face. A narrow V-shaped groove accentuates the top of the chamfered face. Both capital and abacus are through-stones.
See Bibury 8.
