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NN. ea^v's Okl^IO^l O^s NUII.OINO8.
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bz7 a column as a mullion. In tbe cloisters at l^orwieb, wbicli 18 earl)7 Ootbie,
columns alone are used for tbe 8ame purpose, and tbe beads of tbese ligbts are
eireular, but bave tlie addition of tbe in tbe present, and inman^ otbers,
tlie eolnmn i8 8till U8ed ^ointl)7 witb 8ome otlier moulding. Hie elu8tered columns,
so conspicuous in tlii8 species of areliiteetnre, do not varz7 ver^ considerably from
tlie and in wbieb it was not nnn8ual to place 8maller eolnrnn8
round tlie principal pier : tliat part of tlie pier wbieb appeared between tlie eolurnn8
i8 now formed into moulding, and tlie number of tli68e smaller columns increased,
kerbaps tlie result of a more particular inquiry into tlie differences subsisting
between tbe l^orman and Ootbie stales migbt satisfy us tbat we need not to go to
Palestine or Oerman^ for autborit^ to account for tbe origin of tbe latter."^
In a note on a communication to tbe Loeiet^ of Antiquaries, publisbed in tbe
twelftb volume of tbe ^rebmologia, Nr. Nubbins observes, tbat "tbe brst appear-
ance of tbe pointed areb in tbis country was probably towards tbe latter end of
tbe reign of Henr^ tbe bbrst, in tbe elrureb of brendsbur^, built b^ ?aulinus, tbe
sacrist, between tbe z^ears 1125 and 1137."^
Nr. f^7'<7r/, tbe poet, tbougb be never publisbed anz^ tbing on tbe subject ot
pointed arebitecture, appears to bave studied it witb mucb attention, at a time
wben its merits were ver^ little known, and, consequently, as little appreciated.
8lis biograpber, Nason, after mentioning " bis great knowledge of Ootbie arebi-
teeture," sa^s, " be bad seen and accurately studied in bis ^outb, wbile abroad,
tbe Homan proportions on tbe spot, botb in ancient ruins, and in tbe works of
kalladio. In bis latter ^ears be applied bimself to consider tbose stupendous
structures, of more modern date, tbat adorn our own country ; wbieb, if tbe^ bave
not tbe same grace, bave undoubtedly equal dignity. He endeavoured to trace
tbis mode of building, from tbe time it commenced, tbrougb its various cbanges,
till it arrived at its perfection in tbe reign of Nenr^ tbe bbgbtb, and ended in tbat
of bbiLabetb. 8or tbis purpose be did not so mucb depend upon written accounts,
as upon tbat internal evidence wbicb tbe buildings tbemselves give of tbeir
respective antiquity."-" 8^ tbese means be arrived at so ver^ extraordinary a
piteb of sagacity, as to be enabled to pronounce, at brst sigbt, on tbe precise time
wben ever^ particular part of an^ of our eatbedrals was erected."^
" Ttrokssolooia," vol. xiv. p. 107, 108.
Ibi4. vol. xii. p. 159; tiorn " Lidliotliooa lopoArapkioa Lrittannioa," l^o. VI. part ii. p. 118.
78 " ot Ikomrrs Ora^, wltli Nernoirs ot liis 6ite ancl ^VritinAs." 6)7 ^V. Nason, N.^. 1807,
8vo. vol. 1i. p. 239, 240.
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bz7 a column as a mullion. In tbe cloisters at l^orwieb, wbicli 18 earl)7 Ootbie,
columns alone are used for tbe 8ame purpose, and tbe beads of tbese ligbts are
eireular, but bave tlie addition of tbe in tbe present, and inman^ otbers,
tlie eolnmn i8 8till U8ed ^ointl)7 witb 8ome otlier moulding. Hie elu8tered columns,
so conspicuous in tlii8 species of areliiteetnre, do not varz7 ver^ considerably from
tlie and in wbieb it was not nnn8ual to place 8maller eolnrnn8
round tlie principal pier : tliat part of tlie pier wbieb appeared between tlie eolurnn8
i8 now formed into moulding, and tlie number of tli68e smaller columns increased,
kerbaps tlie result of a more particular inquiry into tlie differences subsisting
between tbe l^orman and Ootbie stales migbt satisfy us tbat we need not to go to
Palestine or Oerman^ for autborit^ to account for tbe origin of tbe latter."^
In a note on a communication to tbe Loeiet^ of Antiquaries, publisbed in tbe
twelftb volume of tbe ^rebmologia, Nr. Nubbins observes, tbat "tbe brst appear-
ance of tbe pointed areb in tbis country was probably towards tbe latter end of
tbe reign of Henr^ tbe bbrst, in tbe elrureb of brendsbur^, built b^ ?aulinus, tbe
sacrist, between tbe z^ears 1125 and 1137."^
Nr. f^7'<7r/, tbe poet, tbougb be never publisbed anz^ tbing on tbe subject ot
pointed arebitecture, appears to bave studied it witb mucb attention, at a time
wben its merits were ver^ little known, and, consequently, as little appreciated.
8lis biograpber, Nason, after mentioning " bis great knowledge of Ootbie arebi-
teeture," sa^s, " be bad seen and accurately studied in bis ^outb, wbile abroad,
tbe Homan proportions on tbe spot, botb in ancient ruins, and in tbe works of
kalladio. In bis latter ^ears be applied bimself to consider tbose stupendous
structures, of more modern date, tbat adorn our own country ; wbieb, if tbe^ bave
not tbe same grace, bave undoubtedly equal dignity. He endeavoured to trace
tbis mode of building, from tbe time it commenced, tbrougb its various cbanges,
till it arrived at its perfection in tbe reign of Nenr^ tbe bbgbtb, and ended in tbat
of bbiLabetb. 8or tbis purpose be did not so mucb depend upon written accounts,
as upon tbat internal evidence wbicb tbe buildings tbemselves give of tbeir
respective antiquity."-" 8^ tbese means be arrived at so ver^ extraordinary a
piteb of sagacity, as to be enabled to pronounce, at brst sigbt, on tbe precise time
wben ever^ particular part of an^ of our eatbedrals was erected."^
" Ttrokssolooia," vol. xiv. p. 107, 108.
Ibi4. vol. xii. p. 159; tiorn " Lidliotliooa lopoArapkioa Lrittannioa," l^o. VI. part ii. p. 118.
78 " ot Ikomrrs Ora^, wltli Nernoirs ot liis 6ite ancl ^VritinAs." 6)7 ^V. Nason, N.^. 1807,
8vo. vol. 1i. p. 239, 240.