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Adrian, in honour of bis minion, ^.ntinous, about ^.v. 132; ok wbieb a view
ma^ bo soon in Nontkaueon's Antiquities; and in a bgure ok an areb found on a
Boman sepulcbral tablot discovered at 8kirwa^, in 8cotland; and also in anotber
krom a similar monumont ok Boman origin, preserved among tbo ^rundolian
marblos, botb ok wbieb aro dolinoatod in Horsley's " Britannia Bomana."^ But
on tboso examples no rolianeo oan bo placed, sinoo somo ok tbom ma^ bavo arison
krom altorations mado in comparatively modorn timos; and tbo engraved repre-
sontations in Horsley's work bavo no moro rokoronoo to an arobitoctural areb tban
to astronomy, Bbat tbo matbomatieal dolinoation ok pointed arebos, bz^ tbo
intorsoetion ok eirelos, oeeurs in a problem ok Buelid/' and must tborokoro bavo
boon known to tboso wbo were acquainted witb tbo works ok tbat aneiont geome-
trieian, ma^ bo admittod; but it doos not tboneo follow, as Hawkins imagines,
tbat tbo practical application ok tbo prineiplo was known also?° Invontions somo-
timos spring krom tbo application ok general principles b^ tbo oxporimontal artist,
and sometimes krom tbo observation ok accidental circumstances, and perbaps more
frequently krom tbo combination ok botb tboso sources ok discovery, as was
probably tbo ease witb pointed arebos.
Nr. refers tbo rise ok tbo Bointod st^le in Borland to tbo age ok
Bdward tbo Oonkessor, and grounds bis opinion on some arebos ok tbis form in
a ebapel under tbo painted ebamber at Westminster. " It bas been ascertained,"
be sa^s, " b^ tbo Bari ok l>iortb ampton, to be ok tbe time ok Bdward tbe
Oonkessor; wbieb, indeed, witbout bis autborit^ could bave been sbown; kor tbe
painted ebamber, wbieb is almost over it, is acknowledged to be, and bas always
been so understood, ok bis time; a staircase, leading down krom tbat towards
tbe powder-plot cellar, bas all tbe appearance ok tbe same age, and tbe walls
ok tbe cellar itselk aikord no reason kor supposing tbem ok an^ otber period."
Ik tbis ebamber was built in tbe reign ok tbe Oonkessor, it does not follow tbat
tbe pointed arcbes alluded to are ok equal antiquity. It is more probable tbat tbev
were subsequent insertions, in tbe course ok tbe repeated alterations and repara-
tions wbieb tbe building bas undergone, ok wbieb Nr. Hawkins bimselk gives an
account.
I^olio 1732, ?I. V. kA. 14. 4e86r. p. 199, 200 ; ancl ?I. 4XXV. iiA. 1, 6eser. p. 331.
3' ?rod. I. 866 Kirnson's Lue1i6. 8vo. Ldinb. 1767, p. 7.
3^ 8ee " History of Iks Origin of Ootkie ^rckitseture," p. 92, 93, 243.
" Antiquities of ^Vestmin8t6r," 1807, 4to. x. 44.
Adrian, in honour of bis minion, ^.ntinous, about ^.v. 132; ok wbieb a view
ma^ bo soon in Nontkaueon's Antiquities; and in a bgure ok an areb found on a
Boman sepulcbral tablot discovered at 8kirwa^, in 8cotland; and also in anotber
krom a similar monumont ok Boman origin, preserved among tbo ^rundolian
marblos, botb ok wbieb aro dolinoatod in Horsley's " Britannia Bomana."^ But
on tboso examples no rolianeo oan bo placed, sinoo somo ok tbom ma^ bavo arison
krom altorations mado in comparatively modorn timos; and tbo engraved repre-
sontations in Horsley's work bavo no moro rokoronoo to an arobitoctural areb tban
to astronomy, Bbat tbo matbomatieal dolinoation ok pointed arebos, bz^ tbo
intorsoetion ok eirelos, oeeurs in a problem ok Buelid/' and must tborokoro bavo
boon known to tboso wbo were acquainted witb tbo works ok tbat aneiont geome-
trieian, ma^ bo admittod; but it doos not tboneo follow, as Hawkins imagines,
tbat tbo practical application ok tbo prineiplo was known also?° Invontions somo-
timos spring krom tbo application ok general principles b^ tbo oxporimontal artist,
and sometimes krom tbo observation ok accidental circumstances, and perbaps more
frequently krom tbo combination ok botb tboso sources ok discovery, as was
probably tbo ease witb pointed arebos.
Nr. refers tbo rise ok tbo Bointod st^le in Borland to tbo age ok
Bdward tbo Oonkessor, and grounds bis opinion on some arebos ok tbis form in
a ebapel under tbo painted ebamber at Westminster. " It bas been ascertained,"
be sa^s, " b^ tbo Bari ok l>iortb ampton, to be ok tbe time ok Bdward tbe
Oonkessor; wbieb, indeed, witbout bis autborit^ could bave been sbown; kor tbe
painted ebamber, wbieb is almost over it, is acknowledged to be, and bas always
been so understood, ok bis time; a staircase, leading down krom tbat towards
tbe powder-plot cellar, bas all tbe appearance ok tbe same age, and tbe walls
ok tbe cellar itselk aikord no reason kor supposing tbem ok an^ otber period."
Ik tbis ebamber was built in tbe reign ok tbe Oonkessor, it does not follow tbat
tbe pointed arcbes alluded to are ok equal antiquity. It is more probable tbat tbev
were subsequent insertions, in tbe course ok tbe repeated alterations and repara-
tions wbieb tbe building bas undergone, ok wbieb Nr. Hawkins bimselk gives an
account.
I^olio 1732, ?I. V. kA. 14. 4e86r. p. 199, 200 ; ancl ?I. 4XXV. iiA. 1, 6eser. p. 331.
3' ?rod. I. 866 Kirnson's Lue1i6. 8vo. Ldinb. 1767, p. 7.
3^ 8ee " History of Iks Origin of Ootkie ^rckitseture," p. 92, 93, 243.
" Antiquities of ^Vestmin8t6r," 1807, 4to. x. 44.