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shown at N. The corresponding positions on plan The section O, represents are exliibitud Jig. 1137. the face of the buttress P , wliile the plan is that of tliu arch mouldings at 11. /7y 11:58. is a section of the screen on the south
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to tlie buttress Q, which even in late niediasval carpentry was not omitted, though somewhat out of accordance with the "true principles" attributed to design in that style. Fig. 11.S9, being the capital and base mouldings from the screen in Aldeniiam Church, Hertfordshire, are of the perpendicular period. These examples are all further illustrated in Bury's work ahove-mentioned, as well as Jic/s. 1140, to 1144., showing the general style of mouldings adopted for seats and bench
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Bridgenorth Church, Somersetshire. Fiy 1143. is the arm of the stalls at 'Wantage Church, Berkshire; iind Jig. 1144. the rail and stall mouldings at Swinbrook Church, Oxfordshire. The ends of the stall even in Henry Vll.'s chapel are worked out of only 3-inch planks, and formed into three attached shafts, similar to Jig. 1143.
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