Britton, John: The architectural antiquities of Great Britain: represented and illustrated in a series of views, elevations, plans, sections, and details, of ancient English edifices ; with historical and descriptive accounts of each (Band 5) (1835)

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5. History of Winchester, 2 vols. 4to. 1798;
Treatise on Ecclesiastical Architecture,
8vo.; both by Dr. John Milker. " The
first Pointed Arches in Europe were those in
the Choir of the Church of St. Cross, raised
between 1132 and 1136: the Pointed Arch
arose from the intersection of semicircular
arches," 26. 27. 52.

16. Essay in Transactions of the Society of Anti-
quaries of Edinburgh, 1-809; afterwards
published in a large vol. 4to. 1813, by Sir
James Hall. Pointed Architecture, a
secret of free-masons, originated from the
Imitation of Wicker-work ; and it. was prac-
tised earlier in Scotland than in England, 52.

27. Antiquities, fyc. in Nottinghamshire, by W.
R. Dickinson, 1801; agrees with War-
burton respecting the origin of Gothic Ar-
chitecture, 51.

28. Account of Durham Cathedral, by the So-

riiTv of Antiquaries of London,
1802. Christian Pointed Architecture should
be termed *' English," as it was invented in
England, 28. 55.

29. Paper in Archaologia, vol. xiv. by W. Wil-

kins, Jun. 1803; defends the term Gothic,
and considers the Pointed Style to be derived
from the intersection of circular arches, 32.
60.

30. Antiquities of Ireland, by Dr. E. Ledwich,
Pointed Arch was used in Egypt many cen-
turies before the Crusades, and introduced
into England by the Normans, 71.

.". 1 . Cathedral of Cornwall, by the He v..). \V n i -
taker, 1804. The Peaked or Pointed
Arch was used by the Romans in the time
of Trajan, and in England, at least, before
the Norman Conquest, 72.

32. Life of Chaucer, by W. Godwin, 1804.
The Pointed Style probably invented by the
Normans, 51.

33. On the Principles of Taste, hy R. Payne
Knight. Pointed Style was a corruption
of the sacred Architecture of the Greeks
and Romans, by a mixture of the Moorish,
or Saracenesque, 74.

34. Guide to Ely Cathedral, by the Rev. G.

Millers, 1805, small pamphlet; after-
wards much enlarged and improved, and
published with plates, royal 8vo. 1807. Mr.
M. coincides with Milner, and uses the
term English, 29. 58.

35. Ancient Architecture of England, 1805,folio,
by John Carter; adopting Dr. Milner's
opinion, supposes the Pointed Style to have
arisen from intersecting mouldings, 30. 56.

36. Munimenta Antiqua, vol. iv. 1805, by Ed-
ward King; adopts Dr. Milner's opinion,
but indulges in improbable theories, &c. 56.

37. Disquisitions, fyc. in which are " Hints on
English Architecture," by Dr. F. Sayers,
1805; concludes " that the Pointed Style
was introduced into England soon after the
Norman Conquest," and says it should be
called Norman, 29. 56.

38. Magna Britannia, vol. i. by S. and D Ly-
sons, 1806. Pointed Arch originated from
the intersection of semi-circular arches—
often occurs in " churches erected in the 12th
century, in different parts of Europe," 60.

39. Observations on English A rchitccture, by the
Rev. James Dallaway, 1806. Pointed
Style of Italian origin, 33. 42.

40. Supplement to Translation of Giraldus, by
Sir R. C. Hoare, Bart. 1806. Pointed
Arch was used soon after the Conquest, and
had its origin on British ground, 59.

41. Antiquities of Westminster, 1807; and His-
tory of Gothic Architecture, 1813; by J. S.
Hawkins. The Pointed Arch was known
in very early ages, and is to be found in a
building supposed to have been erected in
the time of Edward the Confessor, 33. 38.

42. Principles of Design in Architecture, by
Willi a m Mitford, 1809. Pointed Arch,
called " Plantagenct Style," was derived
from the Saracens, 30. 51.

43. General History of Architecture, by J. G.
Le Grand, Paris, 1809; blends under the
term Gothic, all Architecture not belonging
to the Grecian and Roman orders, 75.

44. Survey of the Ecclesiastical Antiquities of
France, by the Rev. G. D. Whittington,
1809; contends that the Pointed Style pre-