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Object type: Set of four tower arch capitals
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Plate numbers in printed volume: Ill. 198
Corpus volume reference: Vol 12 p. 221
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Appendix E item (overlap architectural sculpture).
Set of four tower arch capitals. In situ to either side of arch. The inner capitals are carved in the round above their three-quarter shafts, though, like the shafts below them, they are attached to their backplates. The outer capitals sit above nook shafts. Each capital, however, is carved on an individual block. Set below a simple chamfered abacus, the neck of each capital is decorated with stiff upward-facing leaves or 'palmettes'. The outer capital on the south side has been partly recut. The rib of each leaf is modelled as a convex form. The leaves sit directly on an astragal decorated with a pronounced cable moulding. These capitals are discussed further on p. 71 above.
