(Junction of XIIth and XVIth Century work.)
[33] The name Ripon comes probably from the Latin ripa, “a river’s bank.” Bede uses a form “Inrhypum,” which arose perhaps out of in ripis. The derivation Uri pons has been generally abandoned.
[34] The reason of the peculiarity here is the unusual width of the nave. (See below, [p. 44].)
[35] This will be explained in [Chapter III].
[36] See illustration, [p. 17].
[37] This was pointed out by Walbran.
[38] The Transitional or Transition-Norman work at Ripon probably was not all erected during Roger’s lifetime, but all of it will, in these pages, be associated with his name.
[39] Upon a modern Chapter seal there is what is possibly meant for a representation of Roger’s church, with western towers, three spires, and no aisles. The seal is a reproduction of another of the time of James I., which may have been reproduced from a third of earlier date.
[40] For the origin and meaning of this knotwork, so often found in these islands on ancient crosses, and for its value as an illustration of the possible connection of Saxon architecture with the Comacine Guild of Italy, see The Cathedral Builders, by Leader Scott, pp. 82-99, and p. 145.
[41] This was the case with all the windows of both transepts—in the lower tier at any rate—until the last restoration. The reason why Sir Gilbert Scott has left or renewed the mullions in some of the windows is probably that he did not wish to disturb the memorial glass.