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246 ENGLAND NORMAN PERIOD [CH. xxvmNoimansculptureappears that curious Early English trefoil leaf, of whichI have never seen an example beyond these shores,except at Bayeux.In conventional ornaments, such as diapers andpanelling, the Normans showed great skill and ingenuity.Nothing in this way can be better than the ornament ofthe blank arch on the west face of S. Peter's tower atNorthampton (Fig. 137),already.which has been referred torlGradually, though slowly, the school of Normansculpture advanced to better things, and towards the endof the i ath century we find it more nearly abreast of theBarfreston other schools. Thechurchsplendid doorway at BARFRKSTON(Plate CLX) in Kent was probably carved by workmenfrom Canterbury cathedral, where Romanesque architecturewas already giving way to the pointed style. TheCapitalfrom Winchestercapital, of which the four sides are shown by Plate CLX I,was lately taken out of the south aisle wall of WIN-CHESTER cathedral, where it had been used by Williamof Wykeharn as a plain facing stone with the carved partinwards. Its finish isremarkable, almost like that of