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^nnHuiviL8.
ougdt not, witd Nr. Lentdam, to admit tdat tde^ dad an^, from tde explanation
onl^ of tdo8e duilding8 containing a portieu8 witdin tde dod/, wdied de da8 mi.8-
taden to de in tde nortd or 8outd aile8 ; wderea8 it appear8, d^ di8 own aeeount,
aided d^ aneient ineonte8tadle proof8, t/re rL-^ tr o/' rL'e^
of tde8e earl^ duilt edurcde8."
^.8 tde Odri8tian ednrede8, erected in Oreeee, Ital^, and tde dla8t, after tde
conversation of Oon8tantine, re8emdled in form tde Landess, wdied were al8O, in
man^ in8tanee8, appropriated to tde pnrpO868 of pudlie wor8dip, tdere ean de no
doudt tdat tde 8axon8, wdo derived tdeir arediteetural 8dill a.8 well a8 tdeir re-
ligion from Home, imitated tde 8aered 8trueture8 of tdat metropoli8. If we con-
clude, tderefore, witd Nr. N^ildin8, tdat tde edurede8 mentioned d^ Lede dad
neitder pillar8, arcde8, nor 8ide-aile8, we 8dall, dowever, dnd tdat dotd pillar8
and arede8 are 8pecided in de8eription8 of ^.nglo-8axon edurede8, d^ writei'8 wdo
lived in tde eigdtd and tde immediately 8uee6eding eenturie8.
Ide mo8t intere8ting information wdied 8ede dim8elf aikord8 relative to eeele-
8ia8tieal duilding8, refer8 to tde tt/" in wdied de wa8 edu¬
cated, and wdere de pa88ed tde greater part of di8 life. ^ddi8 ^dde^, witd tde
Odured of 8t. ?eter attaeded to it, wa8 erected d^ a nodle 8axon ;
wdo at tde age ok twent^-dve, retiring from tde world, decame an eeele8ia8tic, and
devoted a great part ok di8 time to tde foundation, endowment, and decoration ok
tdi8 edidce, ok wdied de decame tde 8uperior. In 8everal ^ourne^8 to d'ranee and
Ital^, de collected dood8, relic8, and otder trea8ure8, and in 674, odtained a grant
ok land from dlgkrid, Iving ok l^ortdumderland, on wdied de degan to form di.8
68tadli8dment. In tde following ^ear de went to d'ranee, and procured workmen
to erect a new cdurcd ok 8tone, after 1di8 wa8 pro8eeuted
witd 8ucd diligence tdat tde duilding wa8 covered, and ma88 wa8 celedrated in it,
witdin a ^ear after lading tde foundation. Idie realou8 ecel68ia8tic again vi8ited
d'ranee, to procure wordmen to manufacture Ide^ made enougd to glare
all tde window8 ok tde new cdurcd, and al80 in8tructed tde native8 in tde art,
wdied wa8 defers undnown in dlngland. Ndlkrid, 8i8dop ok dad indeed
repaired and glared tde window8 ok 8t. ?eter'8 Odurcd, in tdat cit^ dut it
" Hist, ^ddatuni ^Virsniutlr et O^r^v," p. 295.
" Lddii Stepiiani Vita 8. Mlkridi," inter " XV. Seriptores," cap. xvi. p. 59, edit. Oalei.
^nnHuiviL8.
ougdt not, witd Nr. Lentdam, to admit tdat tde^ dad an^, from tde explanation
onl^ of tdo8e duilding8 containing a portieu8 witdin tde dod/, wdied de da8 mi.8-
taden to de in tde nortd or 8outd aile8 ; wderea8 it appear8, d^ di8 own aeeount,
aided d^ aneient ineonte8tadle proof8, t/re rL-^ tr o/' rL'e^
of tde8e earl^ duilt edurcde8."
^.8 tde Odri8tian ednrede8, erected in Oreeee, Ital^, and tde dla8t, after tde
conversation of Oon8tantine, re8emdled in form tde Landess, wdied were al8O, in
man^ in8tanee8, appropriated to tde pnrpO868 of pudlie wor8dip, tdere ean de no
doudt tdat tde 8axon8, wdo derived tdeir arediteetural 8dill a.8 well a8 tdeir re-
ligion from Home, imitated tde 8aered 8trueture8 of tdat metropoli8. If we con-
clude, tderefore, witd Nr. N^ildin8, tdat tde edurede8 mentioned d^ Lede dad
neitder pillar8, arcde8, nor 8ide-aile8, we 8dall, dowever, dnd tdat dotd pillar8
and arede8 are 8pecided in de8eription8 of ^.nglo-8axon edurede8, d^ writei'8 wdo
lived in tde eigdtd and tde immediately 8uee6eding eenturie8.
Ide mo8t intere8ting information wdied 8ede dim8elf aikord8 relative to eeele-
8ia8tieal duilding8, refer8 to tde tt/" in wdied de wa8 edu¬
cated, and wdere de pa88ed tde greater part of di8 life. ^ddi8 ^dde^, witd tde
Odured of 8t. ?eter attaeded to it, wa8 erected d^ a nodle 8axon ;
wdo at tde age ok twent^-dve, retiring from tde world, decame an eeele8ia8tic, and
devoted a great part ok di8 time to tde foundation, endowment, and decoration ok
tdi8 edidce, ok wdied de decame tde 8uperior. In 8everal ^ourne^8 to d'ranee and
Ital^, de collected dood8, relic8, and otder trea8ure8, and in 674, odtained a grant
ok land from dlgkrid, Iving ok l^ortdumderland, on wdied de degan to form di.8
68tadli8dment. In tde following ^ear de went to d'ranee, and procured workmen
to erect a new cdurcd ok 8tone, after 1di8 wa8 pro8eeuted
witd 8ucd diligence tdat tde duilding wa8 covered, and ma88 wa8 celedrated in it,
witdin a ^ear after lading tde foundation. Idie realou8 ecel68ia8tic again vi8ited
d'ranee, to procure wordmen to manufacture Ide^ made enougd to glare
all tde window8 ok tde new cdurcd, and al80 in8tructed tde native8 in tde art,
wdied wa8 defers undnown in dlngland. Ndlkrid, 8i8dop ok dad indeed
repaired and glared tde window8 ok 8t. ?eter'8 Odurcd, in tdat cit^ dut it
" Hist, ^ddatuni ^Virsniutlr et O^r^v," p. 295.
" Lddii Stepiiani Vita 8. Mlkridi," inter " XV. Seriptores," cap. xvi. p. 59, edit. Oalei.