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entrances (tire station krom wbence tbe ebaraeter ok an edibee sbould bo taken),
will be kound to bave a pyramidal tendency. ^be porticos ok tbe 6rst stor^,
wbetber tbe^ be tbree or bve in number, are reduced to one at tbe top, and tbis is
sometimes crowned witb a lokt^ pediment, wbieb mi^bt be more properly ealled
a pyramid, as we see in tbe transept kront ok Westminster ^bbe^, and ^ork
Ninster. Ik we look kartber on, in a direct line witb its apex, we krec^uentl^ see
a lokt^ spire or pyramid rising over tbe intersection ok tbe nave and transept, Baeb
ok tbe buttresses and turrets is crowned witb a small pyramid. Ik niebes are
introduced, tbe^ are crowned witb a sort ok pyramidal canopy. I'be arebes and
doors and windows terminate in a point, and ever^ little accessory ornament wbieb
enricbes tbe wbole bas a pointed or angular tendency. 8pires, pinnacles, and
pointed arebes are always kound to accompany eaeb otber, and ver^ clearly impl^
a system kounded on tbe principles ok tbe pyramid." "Ibe spire or obelisk
beinA used in tbe east to designate tombs, and beinA in accordance witb tbe
general pyramidal korm ok Ootbie structures, was readily and widely adopted b^
tbe Ootbie arebiteets."^
Nr. ^7. ^7. in tbe "Introduction to tbe Beauties ok Bn^landand ^Vales,"
bas Aiven a concise account ok tbe opinions ok several writers on tbe origin ok tbe
pointed st^le, and bas added some kartber observations ok bis own. He conceives
tbat tbe m^ster^ in wbieb tbe origin and progress ok pointed arebitecture is
involved ma^ arise krom its cultivation bavins been " exelusivelv conbned to tbe
fraternity ok Breemasons and also, in some measure, to tbe destruction ok
monastic papers, records, Ac. at tbe Bekormation.
" Um principles ok Bn^lisb Arebitecture" is tbe production ok Nr. dobn Bendall,
ok Bxeter, (annexed to 8torer's " Oatbedrals ok Oreat Britain,") wbo observes tbat
tbe korm ok " tbe pointed areb is displaced b^ man^ objects, natural and artibeial
and " must bave been kamiliar to tbe mind krom tbe earliest a^es."^ to tbe
cause ok its adoption be agrees witb Nurpb^.
Br. bas publisbed Observations on 8axon and Ootbie ^rebiteeture,
but ebied^ relating to tbe kormer, wbieb, in common witb otber writers, be
considers was derived krom tbe Bomans. " ^.s to tbe pointed or lancet Ootbie
areb (be sa^s), it was known and used man^ centuries bekore tbe Ootbie power
os " Introductory Oi860ur80," Lo. p. 2, 3. 11)14, ^), 14,
" Iutro6uotiou," Lo. 8vo. 1819, p.449. " pi-inoiplos," Lo. 1819, 8vo. p. 18.
entrances (tire station krom wbence tbe ebaraeter ok an edibee sbould bo taken),
will be kound to bave a pyramidal tendency. ^be porticos ok tbe 6rst stor^,
wbetber tbe^ be tbree or bve in number, are reduced to one at tbe top, and tbis is
sometimes crowned witb a lokt^ pediment, wbieb mi^bt be more properly ealled
a pyramid, as we see in tbe transept kront ok Westminster ^bbe^, and ^ork
Ninster. Ik we look kartber on, in a direct line witb its apex, we krec^uentl^ see
a lokt^ spire or pyramid rising over tbe intersection ok tbe nave and transept, Baeb
ok tbe buttresses and turrets is crowned witb a small pyramid. Ik niebes are
introduced, tbe^ are crowned witb a sort ok pyramidal canopy. I'be arebes and
doors and windows terminate in a point, and ever^ little accessory ornament wbieb
enricbes tbe wbole bas a pointed or angular tendency. 8pires, pinnacles, and
pointed arebes are always kound to accompany eaeb otber, and ver^ clearly impl^
a system kounded on tbe principles ok tbe pyramid." "Ibe spire or obelisk
beinA used in tbe east to designate tombs, and beinA in accordance witb tbe
general pyramidal korm ok Ootbie structures, was readily and widely adopted b^
tbe Ootbie arebiteets."^
Nr. ^7. ^7. in tbe "Introduction to tbe Beauties ok Bn^landand ^Vales,"
bas Aiven a concise account ok tbe opinions ok several writers on tbe origin ok tbe
pointed st^le, and bas added some kartber observations ok bis own. He conceives
tbat tbe m^ster^ in wbieb tbe origin and progress ok pointed arebitecture is
involved ma^ arise krom its cultivation bavins been " exelusivelv conbned to tbe
fraternity ok Breemasons and also, in some measure, to tbe destruction ok
monastic papers, records, Ac. at tbe Bekormation.
" Um principles ok Bn^lisb Arebitecture" is tbe production ok Nr. dobn Bendall,
ok Bxeter, (annexed to 8torer's " Oatbedrals ok Oreat Britain,") wbo observes tbat
tbe korm ok " tbe pointed areb is displaced b^ man^ objects, natural and artibeial
and " must bave been kamiliar to tbe mind krom tbe earliest a^es."^ to tbe
cause ok its adoption be agrees witb Nurpb^.
Br. bas publisbed Observations on 8axon and Ootbie ^rebiteeture,
but ebied^ relating to tbe kormer, wbieb, in common witb otber writers, be
considers was derived krom tbe Bomans. " ^.s to tbe pointed or lancet Ootbie
areb (be sa^s), it was known and used man^ centuries bekore tbe Ootbie power
os " Introductory Oi860ur80," Lo. p. 2, 3. 11)14, ^), 14,
" Iutro6uotiou," Lo. 8vo. 1819, p.449. " pi-inoiplos," Lo. 1819, 8vo. p. 18.