Of the church of St. Sanson, nothing more is now left than is exhibited in the plate: the remains consist only of the chancel, and the arch which separated it from the nave. But even these, inconsiderable as they appear, have been judged deserving of a place among the more remarkable of the architectural antiquities of Normandy: the peculiar character of the capitals, and the small size of the whole, have entitled them to this distinction. Upon regarding the arch, it is scarcely possible but to be struck with the impression, that, though in its present state its height is barely sufficient to allow of a man walking upright through it, there must originally have been an inner member, which has now disappeared. The capitals differ materially from any others ever seen by Mr. Cotman in Normandy; but Mr. Joseph Woods, whose authority is unquestionable, says that similar ones are to be found in the Temple of Bacchus, at Teos. There are also several, which in shape resemble these at St. Sanson, in the very remarkable church of St. Vitalis, at Ravenna,[190] and in the cloisters of the monastery of St. Scolastica,[191] at Subiaco: the latter also exhibit a certain degree of similarity in the sculpture. NOTES: [189] _Description de la Haute Normandie_, II. p. 777. [190] _Seroux d'Agincourt, Histoire de la Décadence de l'Art. Architecture_, t. 23. f. 7, 8; _and_ t. 69. f. 14. [191] _Ibid._ t. 29. f. 3, 4. PLATE LXXXIV. WESTERN DOOR-WAY OF THE CHURCH OF FOULLEBEC. [Illustration: Plate 84. CHURCH OF FOULLEBEC. _West Door-way._]