134 ST. Mary's church, nun-monkton, Yorkshire.

Section or Profile of the Arch-mouldings of the West Doorway. with Early English shafts in the jambs and a rich suite of mouldings to the arch, partaking in a slight degree of the Norman character, but so much more of the Early English that it may be considered as belonging to that style, or to the latest portion of the period of transition : it is not, as might be supposed from its form, a Norman doorway preserved and built into Early English work. Under the drip- stone or hoodmould of the canopy is the pecu- liar ornament which has been called the nutmeg ornament, from its resemblance to half a nutmeg projecting from the hollow moulding. This orna- ment is a common featm-c in Early English work in the north