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wdat dad given dirtd even Io ela88ieal magnideenee. Oor tdi8 northern people
daving been aeeu8tomed, during tde gloom of ?agani8m, to wor8dip ide Oeit^ in
grove8 (a praetiee eonnnon to all nation8), wden tdeir new religion required covered
edidee8, tde^ ingeniou8l^ projected to made idem rekindle grove8 a8 nearly a8 tde
di8tanee of arediteeture would permit ; at ones indulging tdeir old prejudice, and
providing for tdeir pre8ent eonvenienee8, d^ a. eool receptacle in a 8ultr^ elimate;
and witd wdat 8dill and 8ueee88 tde^ executed tdeir project, d^ tde a88i8tanee of
8araeen arediteet8, wdo8e exotie 8t^le ofduilding ver^ luedil^ 8uited tdeir purp08e,
appear8 from lienee, tdat no attentive od8erver ever viewed a regular avenue of well
grown tree8, intermixing tdeir dranede8 overdead, dut it pre8entl^ put dim in mind
of tde long vi8ta tdrougd tde Ootdie eatdedral ; or even entered one of tde larger
and more elegant edidee8 of tdi8 dind, dut it pre8ented to di8 imagination an avenue
of tree8 ; and tdi8 alone i8 wdat ean de trul^ called tde Ootdie 8tzde ofduilding."^
Or. MrV/re/' da8 8ati8faetoril^ 8dewn, tdat tde tdeor^ propped d^ X^ardurton i8
ineon8i8tent witd Odronologz^ and Oi8tor^. ^dde Ootd8 and Vandal8, wden tdev
entered 8pain, in tde deginning of tde dftd century, were already Odri8tian8, and
eon86(^u6ntl^ did not derive tdeir religion from tde old indaditant8. ^itd tde 8a-
raeen8, after tdeir inva8ion of tde country in tde eigdtd century, tdeir intercour8e
wa8 of a do8tile de8cription ; 80 tdat it wa8 not lidel^ tde^ 8dould dave dorrowed
tdeir arediteeture from idem. It ma^ de added, tdat tde remain8 of Noori8d
duilding8 in 8pain, wdere tde^ di8pla^ an^ feature of Oointed arediteeture, were
duilt after tde period wden tdat 8tzde wa8 certainly in U86, dotd in d'rance and in
Ongland ; 80 tdat it wa8 prodadl^ derived d^ tde Noor8 from tde Odri8tian8, and
not d^ tde latter from tde former.^
^8 for tde tdeorzt wdied deduce8 Odri8tian pointed arediteeture from tde imitation
of an avenue of tree8, it ean onl^ de regarded a8 an ingeniou8 reverie, and tdere-
fore unde8erving of 8eriou8 refutation.^
Notes to " kopo's Works." London, 1760, 8vo. vol. iii. p. 327.
" treatise on Ecclesiastical Arcbitecture," p. 65, 66. Ibid. p. 67.
In nn Italian treatise on Arcbitecture, pubbsbed anonymously at Lassano, in 1785 (?rincipj di
^rcbitettura Oivile, 3 1. tom. i. p. 203,) tbe tbeor^ of Warburton is adopted. 3"be autbor makes a
distinction between wbat bas been termed 8axon arcbitecture and tbe pointed st^le wbicb succeeded it:
applying to tbe former tbe designation of Oo^rca cr-r^rca, and to tbe latter tbat of Mosier-ra. In
reference to tbe opinion, tbat tbe "modern Ootbic" was derived from tbe imitation of groves, it is obser-
ved, tbat " it assumes an air so mueb more plausible, as tbis kind of arcbitecture was used cbieil^ in
wdat dad given dirtd even Io ela88ieal magnideenee. Oor tdi8 northern people
daving been aeeu8tomed, during tde gloom of ?agani8m, to wor8dip ide Oeit^ in
grove8 (a praetiee eonnnon to all nation8), wden tdeir new religion required covered
edidee8, tde^ ingeniou8l^ projected to made idem rekindle grove8 a8 nearly a8 tde
di8tanee of arediteeture would permit ; at ones indulging tdeir old prejudice, and
providing for tdeir pre8ent eonvenienee8, d^ a. eool receptacle in a 8ultr^ elimate;
and witd wdat 8dill and 8ueee88 tde^ executed tdeir project, d^ tde a88i8tanee of
8araeen arediteet8, wdo8e exotie 8t^le ofduilding ver^ luedil^ 8uited tdeir purp08e,
appear8 from lienee, tdat no attentive od8erver ever viewed a regular avenue of well
grown tree8, intermixing tdeir dranede8 overdead, dut it pre8entl^ put dim in mind
of tde long vi8ta tdrougd tde Ootdie eatdedral ; or even entered one of tde larger
and more elegant edidee8 of tdi8 dind, dut it pre8ented to di8 imagination an avenue
of tree8 ; and tdi8 alone i8 wdat ean de trul^ called tde Ootdie 8tzde ofduilding."^
Or. MrV/re/' da8 8ati8faetoril^ 8dewn, tdat tde tdeor^ propped d^ X^ardurton i8
ineon8i8tent witd Odronologz^ and Oi8tor^. ^dde Ootd8 and Vandal8, wden tdev
entered 8pain, in tde deginning of tde dftd century, were already Odri8tian8, and
eon86(^u6ntl^ did not derive tdeir religion from tde old indaditant8. ^itd tde 8a-
raeen8, after tdeir inva8ion of tde country in tde eigdtd century, tdeir intercour8e
wa8 of a do8tile de8cription ; 80 tdat it wa8 not lidel^ tde^ 8dould dave dorrowed
tdeir arediteeture from idem. It ma^ de added, tdat tde remain8 of Noori8d
duilding8 in 8pain, wdere tde^ di8pla^ an^ feature of Oointed arediteeture, were
duilt after tde period wden tdat 8tzde wa8 certainly in U86, dotd in d'rance and in
Ongland ; 80 tdat it wa8 prodadl^ derived d^ tde Noor8 from tde Odri8tian8, and
not d^ tde latter from tde former.^
^8 for tde tdeorzt wdied deduce8 Odri8tian pointed arediteeture from tde imitation
of an avenue of tree8, it ean onl^ de regarded a8 an ingeniou8 reverie, and tdere-
fore unde8erving of 8eriou8 refutation.^
Notes to " kopo's Works." London, 1760, 8vo. vol. iii. p. 327.
" treatise on Ecclesiastical Arcbitecture," p. 65, 66. Ibid. p. 67.
In nn Italian treatise on Arcbitecture, pubbsbed anonymously at Lassano, in 1785 (?rincipj di
^rcbitettura Oivile, 3 1. tom. i. p. 203,) tbe tbeor^ of Warburton is adopted. 3"be autbor makes a
distinction between wbat bas been termed 8axon arcbitecture and tbe pointed st^le wbicb succeeded it:
applying to tbe former tbe designation of Oo^rca cr-r^rca, and to tbe latter tbat of Mosier-ra. In
reference to tbe opinion, tbat tbe "modern Ootbic" was derived from tbe imitation of groves, it is obser-
ved, tbat " it assumes an air so mueb more plausible, as tbis kind of arcbitecture was used cbieil^ in