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0^ I'OIX'rLI) 8I"VI^.
115
Oorre8ponding example8 might 1)6 adduced from manzr other building, but 3.8
tbo86 variation8 from the circular form were manife8tl^ adapted to particular, local,
or accidental purp0868, tlie^ have onl^ a partial bearing on tire general que8tion.
Hie pointed 8tzde of architecture con8i8t8 of 8everal ela8868, to which varion8
nam68 have been given b^ diiferent writer8. In the following arrangement, tho86
onl^ have been adopted which appear be8t to characterise the varietie8 de8erihed.
DrUion—^MeeZ 0/ d^EZeck ^4^cZriZecZtt^e.
Ihe Ohureh of L«-/^Zo-r, in Lent, which Oro86, Ling, and man^ other writer8,
have incorrectly a88igned to the 8axon time8, i8 unque8tionabl^ an ^nglo-l^lorman
hnilding, erected at the ver^ heginning of the twelfth century. 1hi8 i8 one of the
earlie8t edihce8 which exhihit8 the infant dawn of ^or-rZecZ K-^Zr/ZeeZr^e. In the
exterior wall of the nave, on the 8onth 8ide, there are live 8mall ZK-ree-Zreac/ecZ
reee88e8, and in that of the chancel, two 8mall Z/'e/or'Z-^eK^e^ window8. 6ut what 18
^et more remarbable i8 the cr>c^Zs-" window in the eastern gahle, which, however
extraordinary it ma^ appear, actually exhibit8 the incipient germ8 of IH086 complex
ramiheation8 which, in after ag68, Hecame 80 peeuliarlv eharacteri8tic of the pointed
8t^1e?
In the reign of Ae-r-'r/ Z/?e FUsZ, the ma88ive character of ^.nglo-l^orman archi-
tecture hegan to change in the form8 of it8 moulding8, eapital8, and ornament8.
Ilie trefoil and the quatrefoil 1eave8 were introduced, a8 enrichment8, upon the
memher8 between the eolumn8 and on the vou88ure of the arch, and 1H086 ornaments
80 8ituated, continued to be prevalent till the reign of Ldward the kn'8t, or even
later. lbs chevron, or?ig2ag, the billet, embattled fret, cable, and other moulding8
of 8axon and I^orman character were progre88ivel^ di8eontinued from the reign of
Ling 8tephen, till the^ were altogether di8U8ed 8oon after that of Ling dolm.
H1686 ehang68 were produced b^ the gradual progre88, and, at length, the iinal
a8eendane^ of the pointed architecture.
^Vere it po88ible to QttZ^e-rZic<rZe the ver^ probable conjecture, that the ^4Z>Z>er/
at wa8 rebuilt b^ that celebrated prie8t, warrior, and 8tate8-
866 tli6 cl686ription rui6 pietorial li6tail8 of ttli8 Okuroli in t1i6 4t1i voIll!N6 of " 1t>6 ^.relrit6etura1 ^nti-
Hiiiti68," pp. 41 — 52.
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115
Oorre8ponding example8 might 1)6 adduced from manzr other building, but 3.8
tbo86 variation8 from the circular form were manife8tl^ adapted to particular, local,
or accidental purp0868, tlie^ have onl^ a partial bearing on tire general que8tion.
Hie pointed 8tzde of architecture con8i8t8 of 8everal ela8868, to which varion8
nam68 have been given b^ diiferent writer8. In the following arrangement, tho86
onl^ have been adopted which appear be8t to characterise the varietie8 de8erihed.
DrUion—^MeeZ 0/ d^EZeck ^4^cZriZecZtt^e.
Ihe Ohureh of L«-/^Zo-r, in Lent, which Oro86, Ling, and man^ other writer8,
have incorrectly a88igned to the 8axon time8, i8 unque8tionabl^ an ^nglo-l^lorman
hnilding, erected at the ver^ heginning of the twelfth century. 1hi8 i8 one of the
earlie8t edihce8 which exhihit8 the infant dawn of ^or-rZecZ K-^Zr/ZeeZr^e. In the
exterior wall of the nave, on the 8onth 8ide, there are live 8mall ZK-ree-Zreac/ecZ
reee88e8, and in that of the chancel, two 8mall Z/'e/or'Z-^eK^e^ window8. 6ut what 18
^et more remarbable i8 the cr>c^Zs-" window in the eastern gahle, which, however
extraordinary it ma^ appear, actually exhibit8 the incipient germ8 of IH086 complex
ramiheation8 which, in after ag68, Hecame 80 peeuliarlv eharacteri8tic of the pointed
8t^1e?
In the reign of Ae-r-'r/ Z/?e FUsZ, the ma88ive character of ^.nglo-l^orman archi-
tecture hegan to change in the form8 of it8 moulding8, eapital8, and ornament8.
Ilie trefoil and the quatrefoil 1eave8 were introduced, a8 enrichment8, upon the
memher8 between the eolumn8 and on the vou88ure of the arch, and 1H086 ornaments
80 8ituated, continued to be prevalent till the reign of Ldward the kn'8t, or even
later. lbs chevron, or?ig2ag, the billet, embattled fret, cable, and other moulding8
of 8axon and I^orman character were progre88ivel^ di8eontinued from the reign of
Ling 8tephen, till the^ were altogether di8U8ed 8oon after that of Ling dolm.
H1686 ehang68 were produced b^ the gradual progre88, and, at length, the iinal
a8eendane^ of the pointed architecture.
^Vere it po88ible to QttZ^e-rZic<rZe the ver^ probable conjecture, that the ^4Z>Z>er/
at wa8 rebuilt b^ that celebrated prie8t, warrior, and 8tate8-
866 tli6 cl686ription rui6 pietorial li6tail8 of ttli8 Okuroli in t1i6 4t1i voIll!N6 of " 1t>6 ^.relrit6etura1 ^nti-
Hiiiti68," pp. 41 — 52.
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