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https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.47334#0081
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witbout tapering up into ornamental pinnacles pinnacle ok a larger 8i2e
became a 8pire; accordingly 8ucb were rai8ed upon tbe 8<^uare tower8 ok kormer
ag68, a8 at 8ali8bur^. Vbu8 we 8ee bow naturally tbe 8everal gradation8 ok tbe
pointed arcbitecture aro86 one out ok anotber, a8 we learn krom lu8tor^ wa8 actually
tbe ea86, and bow tbe interacting ok two circular arcbe8, in tbe cburcb ok 8t.
Oro88, ma^ perbap8 bave produced 8ali8bur^ 8teeple."^
Vbe general idea, tbat pointed arcbe8 originated krom tbe interaction ok 8emi-
circular arcbe8, ba8 been adopted b^ 8everal otber writer8; but tbat part ok Dr.
VIilner'8 tbeor^ wbicb extend8 to a complete explanation ok tbe manner in wbicb tbe
principle ok tbe pointed 8t^le gradually became developed, and wbicb i8 certainly
tbe mo8t vulnerable portion ok bi8 8^8tem, ba8 met witb a le88 general reception.
De i8, perbaps, too unwilling to admit, tbat tbe Unglikb arcbitect8 were indebted to
an^ otber 8ource tban tbeir own inventive abilities kor all tbe peculiaritie8 ok tbat
8t^1e wbicb tbe^ practi8ed witb 80 mucb 8UCC688. Vet it ma^, witb great proba-
bility, be conjectured, tbat 8ome, at 1ea8t, ok tbe member8 and decoration8 ok tbe
pointed 8t^1e were derived krom a koreign 8ource.
Urom tbe " Account ok tbe Oatbedral Oburcb ok Durbam," publi8bed b^ tbe
Hoe/etr/ o/" ok London, tbat 8tructure i8 8aid to bave been elected " a8
tbe mo8t magnibcent, a8 well a.8 tbe mo8t perkect building now remaining, con-
ducted in tbe ma88ive, but augu8t, 8t^le ok arcbitecture adopted b^ tbe Borman
conc^ueror8 ok tbi8 i8land, wbo8e budding-8 diiker but little krom tbo86 ok tbe 8axon8,
except in tbeir magnitude and expen86, wbicb 80 kar 8urpa88ed ever^ tbing wbicb
bad been 8een in tbi8 i8land previou8l^ to tbeir con^ue8t ok it, a8 to bave been
contemplated b^ tbe oppre88ed Ungli8b, and mentioned b^ tbe contemporary writer8,
witb mingled a8toni8bment and jealou8l^. Uven at tbi8 time, we cannot, witbout
wonder, con8ider tbe immen8e building8, botb eccle8ia8tical and civil, erected in
tbi8 country witbin a century and a lmlk akter tbe Borman Oonc^ue8t; and it i8 no
exaggeration to a88ert, tbat tbe aggregate ok catbedral8, abbe^8, and ca8tle8 rai8kd
in Ungland, in tbat period, kar exceed8 tbe ma88 ok public edibce8 erected in an^
country wbatever, witbin tbe 8ame time 8ince tbe kali ok tbe Doman Umpire."
^.kter a brisk account ok tbe catbedral, a8 br8t built, tbe writer proceed8 tbu8 :
" 8ucb wa8 tbe korm ok tbe edibce, a8 lekt b^ it8 original arcbitect8; but 8ucce88ive
addition8 bave rendered tbe cburcb, a8 it now 8tand8, not onlv a perkect 8pecimen
" Ls89.^8 on Ootkio ^loliitoeturo," p. 131 —133.
55
witbout tapering up into ornamental pinnacles pinnacle ok a larger 8i2e
became a 8pire; accordingly 8ucb were rai8ed upon tbe 8<^uare tower8 ok kormer
ag68, a8 at 8ali8bur^. Vbu8 we 8ee bow naturally tbe 8everal gradation8 ok tbe
pointed arcbitecture aro86 one out ok anotber, a8 we learn krom lu8tor^ wa8 actually
tbe ea86, and bow tbe interacting ok two circular arcbe8, in tbe cburcb ok 8t.
Oro88, ma^ perbap8 bave produced 8ali8bur^ 8teeple."^
Vbe general idea, tbat pointed arcbe8 originated krom tbe interaction ok 8emi-
circular arcbe8, ba8 been adopted b^ 8everal otber writer8; but tbat part ok Dr.
VIilner'8 tbeor^ wbicb extend8 to a complete explanation ok tbe manner in wbicb tbe
principle ok tbe pointed 8t^le gradually became developed, and wbicb i8 certainly
tbe mo8t vulnerable portion ok bi8 8^8tem, ba8 met witb a le88 general reception.
De i8, perbaps, too unwilling to admit, tbat tbe Unglikb arcbitect8 were indebted to
an^ otber 8ource tban tbeir own inventive abilities kor all tbe peculiaritie8 ok tbat
8t^1e wbicb tbe^ practi8ed witb 80 mucb 8UCC688. Vet it ma^, witb great proba-
bility, be conjectured, tbat 8ome, at 1ea8t, ok tbe member8 and decoration8 ok tbe
pointed 8t^1e were derived krom a koreign 8ource.
Urom tbe " Account ok tbe Oatbedral Oburcb ok Durbam," publi8bed b^ tbe
Hoe/etr/ o/" ok London, tbat 8tructure i8 8aid to bave been elected " a8
tbe mo8t magnibcent, a8 well a.8 tbe mo8t perkect building now remaining, con-
ducted in tbe ma88ive, but augu8t, 8t^le ok arcbitecture adopted b^ tbe Borman
conc^ueror8 ok tbi8 i8land, wbo8e budding-8 diiker but little krom tbo86 ok tbe 8axon8,
except in tbeir magnitude and expen86, wbicb 80 kar 8urpa88ed ever^ tbing wbicb
bad been 8een in tbi8 i8land previou8l^ to tbeir con^ue8t ok it, a8 to bave been
contemplated b^ tbe oppre88ed Ungli8b, and mentioned b^ tbe contemporary writer8,
witb mingled a8toni8bment and jealou8l^. Uven at tbi8 time, we cannot, witbout
wonder, con8ider tbe immen8e building8, botb eccle8ia8tical and civil, erected in
tbi8 country witbin a century and a lmlk akter tbe Borman Oonc^ue8t; and it i8 no
exaggeration to a88ert, tbat tbe aggregate ok catbedral8, abbe^8, and ca8tle8 rai8kd
in Ungland, in tbat period, kar exceed8 tbe ma88 ok public edibce8 erected in an^
country wbatever, witbin tbe 8ame time 8ince tbe kali ok tbe Doman Umpire."
^.kter a brisk account ok tbe catbedral, a8 br8t built, tbe writer proceed8 tbu8 :
" 8ucb wa8 tbe korm ok tbe edibce, a8 lekt b^ it8 original arcbitect8; but 8ucce88ive
addition8 bave rendered tbe cburcb, a8 it now 8tand8, not onlv a perkect 8pecimen
" Ls89.^8 on Ootkio ^loliitoeturo," p. 131 —133.