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foliage bursting through eliptically framed openings - the whole
beautifully executed in Caen stone and of a very high quality (Plate IA
and Fig. 2). The north side of the entrance was of the same form but the
detail was less clearly preserved. Among the destruction debris in the immediate vicinity of the entrance were numerous carved stones once comprising its arch and other features. Voussoirs with zig-zag, billet, embattled and other types of Norman decoration were found in considerable quantity (Fig. 3, nos. 1-5) and |
enable a concept to be formed of the original nature of the arch. A battered capital - most probably from the head of one of the jamb-shafts - has two representations of Samson rending the lion. Another particularly interesting fragment is a 'beak-head' type decoration carved at the end of a section of the label or outer member of the arch. It must have been situated level with the springing-line, on the right side when viewed from the cloister, and Professor Zarnecki | ||
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