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II. THE EXTERIOR 27 III. THE INTERIOR 39 IV. THE ABBESSES OF ROMSEY 67 VICARS OF ROMSEY 79 INDEX 81 DIMENSIONS OF THE ABBEY CHURCH 82

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

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ROMSEY ABBEY FROM THE EAST _Frontispiece_

ABBESS'S SEAL _Title-page_

APSIDAL CHAPEL, SOUTH TRANSEPT 14

THE NAVE, LOOKING WEST 19

JUNCTION OF NORMAN AND EARLY ENGLISH WORK 21

VIEW FROM THE NORTH-WEST 23

THE ABBESS'S DOOR 26

THE WEST END AND SOUTH TRANSEPT 29

THE SOUTH TRANSEPT FROM THE WEST 31

THE SAXON ROOD 33

THE CHOIR, SOUTH SIDE 35

THE NAVE, NORTH SIDE 38

CYLINDRICAL PIER: NORTH NAVE ARCADE 40

THE CLERESTORY OF NAVE 41

EARLY ENGLISH BAYS OF THE NAVE 43

THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE CHOIR 44

TRIFORIUM ARCH IN THE NORTH TRANSEPT 45

THE INTERIOR FROM THE WEST 46

BASE OF A PIER IN THE NAVE 47

ARCADING IN THE TOWER 48

IN THE RINGERS' CHAMBER 49

THE WEST WALL OF NORTH TRANSEPT 50

THE NORTH CHOIR AISLE 51

THE AMBULATORY 52

THE SOUTH CHOIR AISLE 55

SAXON CARVING, SOUTH AISLE 56

THE NORTH-EAST ANGLE OF THE CROSSING 57

TOMB AND EFFIGY IN THE SOUTH TRANSEPT 61

THE NORTH AISLE OF THE NAVE 63

THE SOUTH TRANSEPT 66

PIER IN THE NORTH NAVE ARCADE 73

PLAN _End_

ROMSEY ABBEY