Britton, John: Chronological history and graphic illustrations of christian architecture in England: embracing a critical inquiry into the rise, progress, and perfection of this species of architecture (London: Nattali, 1835)

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column8, arede8, window, and otder aperture8 are 80 numerou8, it retired mued
8^dl to 8upport, and pre8erve tde perpendicular bne8 of tde 8olid ma8868. Dver^
8peeie8 and form of buttre88 wa8 eon86^uentl^ re8orted to, but ever^ one of tbem
wa8 rendered ornamental, and 8eemed to con8titute integral beautie8 and portion8
of tde ediilce ratder tdan extraneon8 part8. Hence tde buttre88 arede8, or 8ereen8,
dere, a8 well a8 tdo8e under ide central tower, are tde ingeniou8 and 8lcilful con-
trivance of tde arediteet to 8trengtden di8 building. ^.ltdougd aided b^ tbo86
8ereen8 witdin and under tde tower, and lining buttre8868, witdout, or in tde roof8,
tde tower and 8pire dave 8werved from tde perpendicular line, and decline towards
tde 8Outd, twenty-four inede8 and a dali?"
Ide plate I^o. 48, repre8ent8 a ver^ original and intere8ting
in tde 8dape and 8t^1e of a 8drine. It eommemorate8 wdo died '
in 1262, and wdo dedicated tde Oatdedral, 8ept. 20, 1258. Ide 8t^le, form,
de8ign, and ornament8 of tdi8 monument are entitled to tde mo8t careful 8tud^ of
tde arediteet and antic^uar^; for it will de found to de replete witd ta8te and fane^.
Ide l^so. 49, i8 at once a nodle and elegant apartment, and
wa8 probably de8igned b^ tde prelate Ia8t named; a8 tde 8t^1e of 8culpture, and
tde arcade deneatd tde windows are indicative of tde 8ame age. V^itd eigdt
large and loft^ window8, all of wdied were adorned witd 8tained gla88—a elu8tered
column in tde centre, 8U8taining a vaulted roof, and rambled rid8—a continued
8erie8 of eolumn8, arcade8, and 8eulpture, and al80 a door wdied wa8 formerly
paved witd riedl^ glared tile8, tdi8 room wa8, wden perfect, perdap8 tde mo8t
beautiful of it8 ela88 in Europe. It wa8 entered tdrougd a double door-wa^, from
a V68tidule, wdied opened to tde cloi8ter. ^Do tde pre8ent amiable and learned
l3i8dop ok tde dioee88, and to tde r68peetable Dean and Odapter, wdo dave cdarge
of tdi8 gloriou8 fabric, I mo8t earn68tl^ and re8peetfu11^ appeal, intreating tbem to
guard tde wdole from all po88ible dilapidation, and to pre8erve it8 beautie8 from
earele88 or wanton injury
Dixeonx 0^-rnLvn^n.—Dde foundation of a Oatdedral edured are recorded
b^ Denr^ of Huntingdon, and otder ancient di8torian8, to dave been begun at
Dincoln immediately after tde tran8lation of tde bi8dop8 866 from Dorelinter,
Vki'^ intsrestino- ^Litieulars ot til6 tolver ancl 8P1I6 are recorded ill Dodslvortll's " HistorioLl Account'
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