[2] See Britton's Winchester Cathedral, ground plan and plate 12.
[3] Milner's Winchester, I. p. 194.—Other authors, I am well aware, and those of great weight, have said much with regard to the Saxon work at Winchester; but, though I have examined the building itself, and the various publications respecting it, with some care, I confess I have met with no portion that did not appear to me to be truly Norman.
[4] Turner's Tour in Normandy, II. p. 10.
[5] The complete uniformity of style throughout the church of St. Georges, joined to the absence of all screens or other objects whatever, that might intercept the sight from west to east, produces an effect, not only grand, but altogether deceptive. It is impossible not to admit the superior judgment of the French, in thus keeping their religious edifices free from incumbrances; it is scarcely possible, too, not to feel persuaded, that the Norman church is larger than the English, though their respective dimensions are in reality as follows:
| NORWICH. | ST. GEORGES. | |
| Length of nave | 200 feet | 135 feet |
| — —choir | 183 | 92 |
| — —transepts | 180 | 102 |
| Width of the nave with aisles | 70 | 64 ½ |
[6] In the former of these plates, the capitals, marked Nos. 1, 6, 8, 9, 10, and 12, are taken from the exterior of the east end; Nos. 2, 6, and 7, from the nave; and Nos. 3, 4, and 11, from the door-way. In the latter plate, the exterior of the east end has supplied Nos. 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, and 10; the nave, Nos. 4 and 9; and the door-way, No. 5.
[7] [Plate 10], No. 8.
[8] [Plate 10], No. 5.
[9] It may be well to remark, that this plate contains five capitals, the extent of each of which may be distinguished by the small crosses above.