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CI-Lxxvni] ENGLAND NORMAN PERIOD 247an ivory carving, and allowing for the grotesque element Capitals, r i i 11fr m Win-are well Chesterin the fabulous creatures represented, they11modelled.Another capital (Fig. 145), which was built into thewall in the same way with the carved part inwards, showsa refinement of the cushion capital, the sides being shapedFig* 145.into a trefoil, of which the planes are cleverly managed,Fig. 146 shows a very similar capital from Ernulf andConrad's crypt at Canterbury.These two capitalsat Winchester being carved on allfour sides and preparedfor slender colonnettes about6| inches in diameter, may very likely have belonged to theoriginal cloister of the abbey, though their isstylemuch