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or Lngli8b inventions Hie 8ub8titution of pointed arcbe8, and enormon8 but-
tre8868, tbe neee88a.r^ eifeet of ignorance of matbematical 8eienee, maz^ be ascribed
to tbe l^orman8 or to otber eau868 ; but tbere 18 not tbe lea8t evidence of an^ one
building baving been ereeted in England b^ tbe l^orman8, wbere circular arebe8
and 8axon or blngli8b ornament8 appear, and for wbicb tbe^ bad not before tbeir
6^68 a model of eitber bmgli8b or R.oman execution."
k'cw 8ubject8 connected witb art or 8eience bave ocea8ioned more controver8^
tban tbe Hue8tion a8 to tbe country and peculiar eireum8tanee8 wbicb gave ri8e to
tbe xoini'Lv ^4.mong tbe variou8 and contradictory opinion8 of
diiferent writers we ma^ di8tingui8b 8ix b^potbe868, wbicb re8p6etivel^ attribute
tbe invention of tbi8 8t^1e to tbe Ootli8 ; to tbe 8araeen8, or 8ome otber oriental
nation; to tbe R.oman8 or Italian8;—to tbe b'reneb; to tbe Oerman8 ; and to tbe
Lngli8b: be8ide8 8ome peculiar notion8 advocated b^ certain autbor8, relative
to tbe immediate 8ource of tbe ebaraeteri8tie marb8 and deeoration8 of tbi8 new
invention.
Lr> i8 one of tbe earlie8t writer8 on arebitecture wbo ba8 expre88l^
noticed lbi8 8t^1e of building. Hi8 remark are 8trongl^ tinctured b^ tbo8e pre-
^judiee8 in favour of Oreeian and R.oman art wbicb be imbibed during bi8 re8idence
abroad, and wbicb led bim to view witb inattention and contempt tbe ece1e8ia8tical
8trueture8 of tbe middle age8. ^.fter making 8ome ob8ervation8 on arebe8, tending
to 8bow tbe advantag68 of tbe 8emicireular form, be 8a^8 : " ^.8 for tbo86 arebe8
wbicb our arti8an8 call of tbe tbird and iourtb point, and tbe 3^u8can writers
cir and t/r becau86 tbe^ alwa^68 concurre in an acute angle, and
doe 8pring from diui8ion of tbe diameter into tbree, four, or more part8 at plea8ure ;
I 8a^, 8ucb a8 tbe86, botb for tbe natural imbecility of tbe 8barpe angle it8elfe and
1ibewi86 for tbeir verzt uneomeline886, ougbt to be exciled from ^udiciou8 6^68, and
left to tbeir 6r8t inventory tbe Ootbe8 or biumbard8, among8t otber re1ic^u68 of tbat
barbarou8 age."
Appended to ?err/8 " 8erie8 of Lngli8b Nedal8" are engraved 8peeimen8 of
tbe "ka8bion of^indow8 in Oivil and Lee1e8ia8tieal Luilding8," from before tbe
Oon^ue8t to tbe age of Henrzt tbe bligbtb, witb explanatory ob8ervation8, from tbe
N88. of 3^bi8 i8 tbe earlie8t attempt at a ela88ibed arrangement of
" Iks Illsments of ^rckiteeturs, collected ttenr^ VVotton, Kni^lit, from tke best ^utkors and
RxAMples." I.ond. 1624, 8vo. x. 61.
lkond. 1762, 4to.
or Lngli8b inventions Hie 8ub8titution of pointed arcbe8, and enormon8 but-
tre8868, tbe neee88a.r^ eifeet of ignorance of matbematical 8eienee, maz^ be ascribed
to tbe l^orman8 or to otber eau868 ; but tbere 18 not tbe lea8t evidence of an^ one
building baving been ereeted in England b^ tbe l^orman8, wbere circular arebe8
and 8axon or blngli8b ornament8 appear, and for wbicb tbe^ bad not before tbeir
6^68 a model of eitber bmgli8b or R.oman execution."
k'cw 8ubject8 connected witb art or 8eience bave ocea8ioned more controver8^
tban tbe Hue8tion a8 to tbe country and peculiar eireum8tanee8 wbicb gave ri8e to
tbe xoini'Lv ^4.mong tbe variou8 and contradictory opinion8 of
diiferent writers we ma^ di8tingui8b 8ix b^potbe868, wbicb re8p6etivel^ attribute
tbe invention of tbi8 8t^1e to tbe Ootli8 ; to tbe 8araeen8, or 8ome otber oriental
nation; to tbe R.oman8 or Italian8;—to tbe b'reneb; to tbe Oerman8 ; and to tbe
Lngli8b: be8ide8 8ome peculiar notion8 advocated b^ certain autbor8, relative
to tbe immediate 8ource of tbe ebaraeteri8tie marb8 and deeoration8 of tbi8 new
invention.
Lr> i8 one of tbe earlie8t writer8 on arebitecture wbo ba8 expre88l^
noticed lbi8 8t^1e of building. Hi8 remark are 8trongl^ tinctured b^ tbo8e pre-
^judiee8 in favour of Oreeian and R.oman art wbicb be imbibed during bi8 re8idence
abroad, and wbicb led bim to view witb inattention and contempt tbe ece1e8ia8tical
8trueture8 of tbe middle age8. ^.fter making 8ome ob8ervation8 on arebe8, tending
to 8bow tbe advantag68 of tbe 8emicireular form, be 8a^8 : " ^.8 for tbo86 arebe8
wbicb our arti8an8 call of tbe tbird and iourtb point, and tbe 3^u8can writers
cir and t/r becau86 tbe^ alwa^68 concurre in an acute angle, and
doe 8pring from diui8ion of tbe diameter into tbree, four, or more part8 at plea8ure ;
I 8a^, 8ucb a8 tbe86, botb for tbe natural imbecility of tbe 8barpe angle it8elfe and
1ibewi86 for tbeir verzt uneomeline886, ougbt to be exciled from ^udiciou8 6^68, and
left to tbeir 6r8t inventory tbe Ootbe8 or biumbard8, among8t otber re1ic^u68 of tbat
barbarou8 age."
Appended to ?err/8 " 8erie8 of Lngli8b Nedal8" are engraved 8peeimen8 of
tbe "ka8bion of^indow8 in Oivil and Lee1e8ia8tieal Luilding8," from before tbe
Oon^ue8t to tbe age of Henrzt tbe bligbtb, witb explanatory ob8ervation8, from tbe
N88. of 3^bi8 i8 tbe earlie8t attempt at a ela88ibed arrangement of
" Iks Illsments of ^rckiteeturs, collected ttenr^ VVotton, Kni^lit, from tke best ^utkors and
RxAMples." I.ond. 1624, 8vo. x. 61.
lkond. 1762, 4to.