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IXSI^XcLS 01? rUL IX'I'LNLUX'rVNL Ok 8VHL8.
117
ok K. kurnisbing tire original idea ok tbe pointed st^le ok arebitecture, is
wboll^ untenable/
It is to tbis age, bowever, tbat tbe engrafting ok tbe Dointed upon tbe ^nglo-
l^orman st^le must unquestionably be assigned, and tbere ean be little doubt tbat
tbe eburebes botb ok Luildwas and were in progress at tbe same period,
kor Disbop Dowtb, " wbo bad examined tbe arebives ok tbe latter foundation,"
states tbat Henr^ de Dlois ereeted tbe ebureb ok 8t. Oross in II 36, and tbat date
exactly aeeords witb tbe testimony ok Hudborne, tbe monb ok ^Vinebester? ^.bout
tbe same time, indeed, otber buildings were in progress, tbe remains ok wbieb
display an intermixture ok ^.nglo-l^orman and earl)? pointed arebiteeture similar to
tbose above deseribed. Dbe ruins ok in Oloueestersbire, ma^ be
referred to as a particular example; kor in tbat building, as in Duildwas ^.bbe^,
all tbe arelms ok tbe nave bave tbe laneet point, wbilst tbe walls above tbem are
piereed witb round-beaded windows, ornamented witb tbe ebevron and otber
ebaraeteristics ok tbe eireular st^le?
^notber ver^ eurious instance ok tbis intermixture ok stales is presented in tbe
west front ok tbe o/' in Ledkordsbire. Dbat Driorz?
was founded b^ Xing Denr^ tbe Dirst, some time prior to bis decease, in December,
1135, )?et posterior to 1131, as we know from tbe foundation ebarter, one ok tbe
subscribing witnesses being Hebert, Disbop ok Hereford, wbo was not advanced
to tbe episcopal dignity till tbe last-mentioned zmar. It is ver^ probable, bowever,
tbat tbe Driers buildings were in progress before tbat period, as Xing Ilenr^ bad
already erected a palace at Dunstaple, wbere in tbe ^ear 1123, at " Obristmas
tide," as appears from tbe 8axon Obroniele/ be received an embassy from tbe Dari
ok ^.njou; and afterwards went to ^Voodstocb, witb bis bisbops and bis wbole
court. Views and details ok tbis front bave been inserted in tbe brst volume ok
tbe " ^rcbitectural Antiquities," and from tbem tbe extreme singularity ok tbe
design will be kull^ apparent? Dbe lower balk, wbieb bas all tbe appearance ok
8eo tlio account, tlio ktov. 3. Llalcsvva^ and tko R,ov. Hu^li Owon, and plato8 of 8uildrva8 ^bbo^,
in " Vlio ^reliitoetural ^nti<^uitio8," vol. iv. pp. 65 — 76.
Z " ttoc anno, (1136) tloniieus W^ntonionsig ^iscopus incoopit taeoro domo8 do ^Vulvo8O^ ot alia8 in
rnan6iii8 portinontil)U8 ad opisco^aturn ^Vintoniss, ot ainiilitor Ho8pitalo 8anctss 0ruci8 ^uxta V^nto-
niam."—Itudlrorno, " Hi8toria Na^or."
I^antlron^ ^bdo^, according to DuA-dalo'a ovidoneo8, >vas soundod in 1t»6 ^oar 1136.
Vido InArain'8 tran8lation, anno 1123, p, 343. Vido Vol. I. 8lioot 0, ^vitli plato8.
117
ok K. kurnisbing tire original idea ok tbe pointed st^le ok arebitecture, is
wboll^ untenable/
It is to tbis age, bowever, tbat tbe engrafting ok tbe Dointed upon tbe ^nglo-
l^orman st^le must unquestionably be assigned, and tbere ean be little doubt tbat
tbe eburebes botb ok Luildwas and were in progress at tbe same period,
kor Disbop Dowtb, " wbo bad examined tbe arebives ok tbe latter foundation,"
states tbat Henr^ de Dlois ereeted tbe ebureb ok 8t. Oross in II 36, and tbat date
exactly aeeords witb tbe testimony ok Hudborne, tbe monb ok ^Vinebester? ^.bout
tbe same time, indeed, otber buildings were in progress, tbe remains ok wbieb
display an intermixture ok ^.nglo-l^orman and earl)? pointed arebiteeture similar to
tbose above deseribed. Dbe ruins ok in Oloueestersbire, ma^ be
referred to as a particular example; kor in tbat building, as in Duildwas ^.bbe^,
all tbe arelms ok tbe nave bave tbe laneet point, wbilst tbe walls above tbem are
piereed witb round-beaded windows, ornamented witb tbe ebevron and otber
ebaraeteristics ok tbe eireular st^le?
^notber ver^ eurious instance ok tbis intermixture ok stales is presented in tbe
west front ok tbe o/' in Ledkordsbire. Dbat Driorz?
was founded b^ Xing Denr^ tbe Dirst, some time prior to bis decease, in December,
1135, )?et posterior to 1131, as we know from tbe foundation ebarter, one ok tbe
subscribing witnesses being Hebert, Disbop ok Hereford, wbo was not advanced
to tbe episcopal dignity till tbe last-mentioned zmar. It is ver^ probable, bowever,
tbat tbe Driers buildings were in progress before tbat period, as Xing Ilenr^ bad
already erected a palace at Dunstaple, wbere in tbe ^ear 1123, at " Obristmas
tide," as appears from tbe 8axon Obroniele/ be received an embassy from tbe Dari
ok ^.njou; and afterwards went to ^Voodstocb, witb bis bisbops and bis wbole
court. Views and details ok tbis front bave been inserted in tbe brst volume ok
tbe " ^rcbitectural Antiquities," and from tbem tbe extreme singularity ok tbe
design will be kull^ apparent? Dbe lower balk, wbieb bas all tbe appearance ok
8eo tlio account, tlio ktov. 3. Llalcsvva^ and tko R,ov. Hu^li Owon, and plato8 of 8uildrva8 ^bbo^,
in " Vlio ^reliitoetural ^nti<^uitio8," vol. iv. pp. 65 — 76.
Z " ttoc anno, (1136) tloniieus W^ntonionsig ^iscopus incoopit taeoro domo8 do ^Vulvo8O^ ot alia8 in
rnan6iii8 portinontil)U8 ad opisco^aturn ^Vintoniss, ot ainiilitor Ho8pitalo 8anctss 0ruci8 ^uxta V^nto-
niam."—Itudlrorno, " Hi8toria Na^or."
I^antlron^ ^bdo^, according to DuA-dalo'a ovidoneo8, >vas soundod in 1t»6 ^oar 1136.
Vido InArain'8 tran8lation, anno 1123, p, 343. Vido Vol. I. 8lioot 0, ^vitli plato8.