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aubrey's opinion and arrangement. 35
forma of ecclesiastical windows, and therefore deserving of attention. The
ject was almost new to Aubrey, who was rather visionary; and who, being
liable to draw with accuracy, was not likely to give precision and demonstration
0 his figures and conclusions. He is evidently wrong in placing among the
w mdows erected before the Conquest one with a pointed arch and mullions inter-
wincl^ ^ t°*3' cnurck °^ Brampton in Oxfordshire; also the pointed
in WS 10 ^att'e Abbey; another in the abbey of Reading; and especially one
the chapel of the priory of St. Mary, at Kington St. Michael, in Wiltshire,
specimens he supposes to have belonged to the reigns of William the
^queror and his sons, but which are obviously later.
e manuscript from which these observations are taken is entitled " Monumenta
ph',^ann^Ca'' heing collections for a general account of British antiquities; one
serj 1S ent^ed " Chronologia Architectonica,'" Sec. Besides the chronological
the^ °^ SPec^mens °f windows, published by Perry, the following observations on
(< rp^ect ant°rd a general view of Aubrey's ideas.
aPpe 6 ^°man architecture flourished in Britain while the government lasted, as
Us Qars history, which mentions their temples, theatres, baths, &c. Bede tells
But ^ ma8nmcent fountain built by the Romans at Carlisle, extant in his time,
of tl ^tne 9n<^ incurs'ons °^ northern nations have left us little remains
Co ' r ^randeur' and we are hsft to conjecture what it was. So by the piece of
bqiU- ^ *"eze at Burgh Wall at Bath, we may know that the rest of the
temp'1^.Was 0I" that order. But their architecture degenerated into Gothic, (circa
°f tw 1C^' ^ when the semicircle was turned into the ox-eye, by the intersection
vyindo °lrC^es °^ the same radius. Their mouldings were fantastic, and their
steeple^ bonelace or point. The Cupola they changed into Broches, or
the old j{ barbarous fashion continued till the time of Henry VII. when
•n Eno-1 °man architecture was revived in Italy by Palladio; and first revived
build S an ^ tne Duke of Somerset, who sent for architects out of Italy to
Th .erset House and Long Leat, Wilts."
0,.j • °Plni°n that the Pointed style was derived from the Goths appears to have
Mnnped ln the Sch°o1 of Palladl0> and was adoPted by Sir Henry Wotton and
have b VG n' Wno misled others. That it was the invention of the Goths seems to
Lives Cfn Conclusiou of Vasari, the historian of the arts in Italy; who, in his
/>,V>.S ^ ^6 ^ainters, terms the architecture of the middle ages in general " Ma-
ot-«. l he German or Teutonic manner.
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forma of ecclesiastical windows, and therefore deserving of attention. The
ject was almost new to Aubrey, who was rather visionary; and who, being
liable to draw with accuracy, was not likely to give precision and demonstration
0 his figures and conclusions. He is evidently wrong in placing among the
w mdows erected before the Conquest one with a pointed arch and mullions inter-
wincl^ ^ t°*3' cnurck °^ Brampton in Oxfordshire; also the pointed
in WS 10 ^att'e Abbey; another in the abbey of Reading; and especially one
the chapel of the priory of St. Mary, at Kington St. Michael, in Wiltshire,
specimens he supposes to have belonged to the reigns of William the
^queror and his sons, but which are obviously later.
e manuscript from which these observations are taken is entitled " Monumenta
ph',^ann^Ca'' heing collections for a general account of British antiquities; one
serj 1S ent^ed " Chronologia Architectonica,'" Sec. Besides the chronological
the^ °^ SPec^mens °f windows, published by Perry, the following observations on
(< rp^ect ant°rd a general view of Aubrey's ideas.
aPpe 6 ^°man architecture flourished in Britain while the government lasted, as
Us Qars history, which mentions their temples, theatres, baths, &c. Bede tells
But ^ ma8nmcent fountain built by the Romans at Carlisle, extant in his time,
of tl ^tne 9n<^ incurs'ons °^ northern nations have left us little remains
Co ' r ^randeur' and we are hsft to conjecture what it was. So by the piece of
bqiU- ^ *"eze at Burgh Wall at Bath, we may know that the rest of the
temp'1^.Was 0I" that order. But their architecture degenerated into Gothic, (circa
°f tw 1C^' ^ when the semicircle was turned into the ox-eye, by the intersection
vyindo °lrC^es °^ the same radius. Their mouldings were fantastic, and their
steeple^ bonelace or point. The Cupola they changed into Broches, or
the old j{ barbarous fashion continued till the time of Henry VII. when
•n Eno-1 °man architecture was revived in Italy by Palladio; and first revived
build S an ^ tne Duke of Somerset, who sent for architects out of Italy to
Th .erset House and Long Leat, Wilts."
0,.j • °Plni°n that the Pointed style was derived from the Goths appears to have
Mnnped ln the Sch°o1 of Palladl0> and was adoPted by Sir Henry Wotton and
have b VG n' Wno misled others. That it was the invention of the Goths seems to
Lives Cfn Conclusiou of Vasari, the historian of the arts in Italy; who, in his
/>,V>.S ^ ^6 ^ainters, terms the architecture of the middle ages in general " Ma-
ot-«. l he German or Teutonic manner.
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