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banging8, Le. lie add8, " Wdibeavitc^ue dominu8 Hex Oapitulum ineomparabile."
Mi8 edibee, like tbat ok 8ali8bur^, and manz^ otber8, 18 octagonal in it8 form; on
tbe 6L8t and 8outb 8i6o8, or tbo86 oppo8ite to it8 Emotion witb tbe tran86pt and
cloi8ter8, Ike wall8 are 8U8tained b^ immen8e projecting buttre8868, wbieb are
united to ike 8uper8trueture b^ ilzdng arebe8, or ero88 8pringer8, of con8iderable
8pan. Hie groining of tbe er^pt, wbieb i8 deigned on a 8imple but ingeniou8
plan, i8 of exeellent ma8onr^. Originally tbere wa8 a va8t window, pointed, and
of good proportion8, on eaeb of tbe open 8ide8 of tbe octagon, and tbo86 were,
unc^ue8tionabl^, occupied b^ mullion8 and tracer^-work, but tbe^ are now partly
built up, and bave. 1e88er window8 introduced witbin tliem. ^be interior ba8 been
appropriated to tbe reception of crown reeord8 (cbiell^ of tbe exebec^uer) for
between two and tbree eenturie8, and from tlie pre8868 and paper8 wbieb crowd it
and ma8k tbe wall8, it8 ancient 8tate can onl^ be partially a8eertained. It i8 ver^
loft^, and bad formerly a groined vaulting, concentrating in a central column,
upon wbicb tbe 8pringer8 8till remain; but tbe vaulting it8elf ba8 been long
de8tro^ed, and a modern roof 8ub8tituted. Ibe column i8 ligbt and elegant in
appearance, from being 8urrounded b^ eigbt 8mall 8baft8, encircled b^ two
6^uidi8tant band8, and baving eapital8 ornamented witb exe6ll6ntl^-8culp1ured
foliage. Ibe wall8, a8 far a8 can be 8een tbrougb tbe interval8 between tbe
pre8868, Lce. are 8urrounded b^ two di8tinet 1ier8 of trefoil-beaded arcbe8 8pringing
from 8mall eolumn8. ^be lower tier, on tbe ea8t 8ide, ri868 from a basement 8eat,
and tbe wall immediately bebind i8 beautifully gilt and painted in on an
ab8orbent ground, witb a 8erie8 of ^.ngel8 apparently receiving tbe Oood and
b'aitbful into tbe eel68tia1 region8 and rewarding tbem witb erown8 of glor^ : tbe
wing8 of tbe ^.ngel8 are partly expanded, and tbe featber8 are in8eribed
witb 8criptural text8, elo8el^ written in black letter.—But one of tbe mo8t extra-
ordinary feature of tbi8 building i8 tbe elaborately-adorned entrance from tbe
cloi8ter8, wbieb in point of 8eulptural decoration i8 altogetber of a8 rieb and ilorid
a ebaracter a8 an^ tbat became prevalent in 8ub8ec^uent ag68, tbougb tbe wbole is
now in a mo8t 8bameful 8tate of mutilation. It oeeupie8 one divi8ion of tbe
eloi8ter8, and in it8 general de8ign exbibit8 two obtu86-beaded arebe8, uniting in a
middle pier, and ranging under a large and gracefully pointed areb, wbieb 8pring8
25 Ikis 6M'I^ U86 of or/, L8 well 38 in anotbor in8taneo in tbo ^bbo^ Obureb, namely, tbo tomb of
8obort, ma^ bo u^ciuood in proof (amonA numerous otbors ^vbiob mig^bt bo pointed out) of tbo fallacy of tbo
6ommonl^-rocoive6 opinion of ^obn Van bavins boon tbo inventor of oii-pmntinA.
banging8, Le. lie add8, " Wdibeavitc^ue dominu8 Hex Oapitulum ineomparabile."
Mi8 edibee, like tbat ok 8ali8bur^, and manz^ otber8, 18 octagonal in it8 form; on
tbe 6L8t and 8outb 8i6o8, or tbo86 oppo8ite to it8 Emotion witb tbe tran86pt and
cloi8ter8, Ike wall8 are 8U8tained b^ immen8e projecting buttre8868, wbieb are
united to ike 8uper8trueture b^ ilzdng arebe8, or ero88 8pringer8, of con8iderable
8pan. Hie groining of tbe er^pt, wbieb i8 deigned on a 8imple but ingeniou8
plan, i8 of exeellent ma8onr^. Originally tbere wa8 a va8t window, pointed, and
of good proportion8, on eaeb of tbe open 8ide8 of tbe octagon, and tbo86 were,
unc^ue8tionabl^, occupied b^ mullion8 and tracer^-work, but tbe^ are now partly
built up, and bave. 1e88er window8 introduced witbin tliem. ^be interior ba8 been
appropriated to tbe reception of crown reeord8 (cbiell^ of tbe exebec^uer) for
between two and tbree eenturie8, and from tlie pre8868 and paper8 wbieb crowd it
and ma8k tbe wall8, it8 ancient 8tate can onl^ be partially a8eertained. It i8 ver^
loft^, and bad formerly a groined vaulting, concentrating in a central column,
upon wbicb tbe 8pringer8 8till remain; but tbe vaulting it8elf ba8 been long
de8tro^ed, and a modern roof 8ub8tituted. Ibe column i8 ligbt and elegant in
appearance, from being 8urrounded b^ eigbt 8mall 8baft8, encircled b^ two
6^uidi8tant band8, and baving eapital8 ornamented witb exe6ll6ntl^-8culp1ured
foliage. Ibe wall8, a8 far a8 can be 8een tbrougb tbe interval8 between tbe
pre8868, Lce. are 8urrounded b^ two di8tinet 1ier8 of trefoil-beaded arcbe8 8pringing
from 8mall eolumn8. ^be lower tier, on tbe ea8t 8ide, ri868 from a basement 8eat,
and tbe wall immediately bebind i8 beautifully gilt and painted in on an
ab8orbent ground, witb a 8erie8 of ^.ngel8 apparently receiving tbe Oood and
b'aitbful into tbe eel68tia1 region8 and rewarding tbem witb erown8 of glor^ : tbe
wing8 of tbe ^.ngel8 are partly expanded, and tbe featber8 are in8eribed
witb 8criptural text8, elo8el^ written in black letter.—But one of tbe mo8t extra-
ordinary feature of tbi8 building i8 tbe elaborately-adorned entrance from tbe
cloi8ter8, wbieb in point of 8eulptural decoration i8 altogetber of a8 rieb and ilorid
a ebaracter a8 an^ tbat became prevalent in 8ub8ec^uent ag68, tbougb tbe wbole is
now in a mo8t 8bameful 8tate of mutilation. It oeeupie8 one divi8ion of tbe
eloi8ter8, and in it8 general de8ign exbibit8 two obtu86-beaded arebe8, uniting in a
middle pier, and ranging under a large and gracefully pointed areb, wbieb 8pring8
25 Ikis 6M'I^ U86 of or/, L8 well 38 in anotbor in8taneo in tbo ^bbo^ Obureb, namely, tbo tomb of
8obort, ma^ bo u^ciuood in proof (amonA numerous otbors ^vbiob mig^bt bo pointed out) of tbo fallacy of tbo
6ommonl^-rocoive6 opinion of ^obn Van bavins boon tbo inventor of oii-pmntinA.