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being coeval witb tbe original establisbment ok tbe priory, bas two entrances, one
ok wlrielr opens from a ver^ large and deeply-recessed cZ/'err/s/' arebwa^, bigblzt
enriebed witb boldly-projecting mouldings, sculptured in tbe ^nglo-l^orman st^le
and elraraeter: tbe otber arelr, wlrieb, likewise, is deeply recessed, and ok con-
siderable si^e, (tbougb ok inferior dimensions to tire korrner entranee) is (ratber
acutely) and its mouldings are ok a more simple bind. Immediately over
tlre lesser arelr is a range ok seven or eigbt lanee-lreaded sballow nielres, separated
krom eaelr otlrer b^ a slender column. Between tlre two entrances, also, tlrere is
anotlrer extraordinary feature introduced as a facing adornment; namely, a Bointed
arelr, baving under it tlrree or four interlaced semicircular arelres, or arelres
intersecting eaelr otlrer, tlre columns ok wlrielr Irave long been broben awa/.
rapid advance in tbe Bointed st^le toob place in tlre reign ok t/re Leco/rc/,
as exemplibed in tbe Oboir, Irinit^ Obapel, and Beebet's Orown, ok
Brom tbe particular account ok tbe progress ok tbe worb given b^
Oervase, tbe monb, it is evident tbat tbose parts ok tbe fabric were elrieil^ erected
between tbe ^ears 1175 and 1184. ^Ve are, tberekore, kull^ warranted to aibrm
tbat tbe skr/Zc was establisbed upon nMemsir'c as a distinct
braneb ok arebiteeture, as at least, as tlre above period. Admitting even,
as presumed b^ Nilner, tbat tbe intersecting arelres ok 8t. Oross, near ^Binebester,
bad been pierced as windows, on its ereetion b^ Benr^ de Blois in tlre beginning
ok Xing 8tepben's reign, still tlrere is no reason to believe tbat ^Villiam de 8ens>
and William, bis Bnglisb successor, tlre arebiteets ok Oanterbur^ Oatbedral, were
indebted to tbat circumstance kor tlre systematic introduction into tlreir worb, not
onl^ ok regular but also ok ^oi-^ecZ-cr/'c/r r-trr/ZzZ-^ /—since tbe latte,-
appropriation manifests sueb an absolute bnowledge ok tbe geometrical principles
ok tbe art, as could not bave been obtained witbout some practice, or mueb
seientibe stud^?
Ibe manner in wlrielr tlre re-erection ok tbe cboir and otlrer parts ok tbe eatbedral
was carried on, is tbus distinctly detailed b^ Oervase.—" ^.kter tlre tire almost all
tbe wbole cboir was taben down, and was ebanged into a new and more magni-
beent form. I will now relate wbat is tlre ditkerenee. Bbe form ok tbe pillars,
s Ibat tbe pointed areb did not originate trom tire "^rr'or practice of vauItinA," as conjectured b)^ tbe
late Mr. Larr^ and b^ Mr. Launders, (see ante, Obap. i. p. 83) ma^ be interred trom tbis ver^ ebureb,
^vbicb tbe latter gentleman bas addueed in support ot bis argument; tor tbe pointed areb must bave been
employed to sustain tbe tritorium ot tbe eboir ionA- betore tbe vaulting was commenced.
being coeval witb tbe original establisbment ok tbe priory, bas two entrances, one
ok wlrielr opens from a ver^ large and deeply-recessed cZ/'err/s/' arebwa^, bigblzt
enriebed witb boldly-projecting mouldings, sculptured in tbe ^nglo-l^orman st^le
and elraraeter: tbe otber arelr, wlrieb, likewise, is deeply recessed, and ok con-
siderable si^e, (tbougb ok inferior dimensions to tire korrner entranee) is (ratber
acutely) and its mouldings are ok a more simple bind. Immediately over
tlre lesser arelr is a range ok seven or eigbt lanee-lreaded sballow nielres, separated
krom eaelr otlrer b^ a slender column. Between tlre two entrances, also, tlrere is
anotlrer extraordinary feature introduced as a facing adornment; namely, a Bointed
arelr, baving under it tlrree or four interlaced semicircular arelres, or arelres
intersecting eaelr otlrer, tlre columns ok wlrielr Irave long been broben awa/.
rapid advance in tbe Bointed st^le toob place in tlre reign ok t/re Leco/rc/,
as exemplibed in tbe Oboir, Irinit^ Obapel, and Beebet's Orown, ok
Brom tbe particular account ok tbe progress ok tbe worb given b^
Oervase, tbe monb, it is evident tbat tbose parts ok tbe fabric were elrieil^ erected
between tbe ^ears 1175 and 1184. ^Ve are, tberekore, kull^ warranted to aibrm
tbat tbe skr/Zc was establisbed upon nMemsir'c as a distinct
braneb ok arebiteeture, as at least, as tlre above period. Admitting even,
as presumed b^ Nilner, tbat tbe intersecting arelres ok 8t. Oross, near ^Binebester,
bad been pierced as windows, on its ereetion b^ Benr^ de Blois in tlre beginning
ok Xing 8tepben's reign, still tlrere is no reason to believe tbat ^Villiam de 8ens>
and William, bis Bnglisb successor, tlre arebiteets ok Oanterbur^ Oatbedral, were
indebted to tbat circumstance kor tlre systematic introduction into tlreir worb, not
onl^ ok regular but also ok ^oi-^ecZ-cr/'c/r r-trr/ZzZ-^ /—since tbe latte,-
appropriation manifests sueb an absolute bnowledge ok tbe geometrical principles
ok tbe art, as could not bave been obtained witbout some practice, or mueb
seientibe stud^?
Ibe manner in wlrielr tlre re-erection ok tbe cboir and otlrer parts ok tbe eatbedral
was carried on, is tbus distinctly detailed b^ Oervase.—" ^.kter tlre tire almost all
tbe wbole cboir was taben down, and was ebanged into a new and more magni-
beent form. I will now relate wbat is tlre ditkerenee. Bbe form ok tbe pillars,
s Ibat tbe pointed areb did not originate trom tire "^rr'or practice of vauItinA," as conjectured b)^ tbe
late Mr. Larr^ and b^ Mr. Launders, (see ante, Obap. i. p. 83) ma^ be interred trom tbis ver^ ebureb,
^vbicb tbe latter gentleman bas addueed in support ot bis argument; tor tbe pointed areb must bave been
employed to sustain tbe tritorium ot tbe eboir ionA- betore tbe vaulting was commenced.