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loud Aberdeen's opinions controverted. 47
€r ePoch alluded to, it is reasonable to infer that they acquired it from those
a ums whom they are said to have instructed."45
will °WeVer cogent this reasoning may seem to the noble author and his friends, it
have very little effect on the reflective antiquary. To him dates are of primary
pi'od"^^1106 ' neXt t0 tuose' sucn c°Materal and corresponding evidence as shall
ur, „ COnviction, or afford rational and almost conclusive proof. The true solu-
tion of thp . i
e question depends upon that very knowledge which is here argued to be
la' ; for to whatever country priority of date can be referred, to that
thos ^' a'S°' WG must attribute the honour of the invention. The majority of
rejat. Pers°ns who are best acquainted with the different accounts of travellers,
lJ"int ^ l° Q"enta' Duildings, have concluded that the examples of the genuine
0f ja^e stvle> to be found in Syria, Persia, India, or Egypt, are almost undoubtedly
the erection than the period when that mode of building became established in
tharM^' conseciueiltly> ^at the Crusaders were probably the teachers, rather
^ le scholars, of the Orientals in the art of architecture.
He 'S another observation made by Lord Aberdeen, which requires notice.
§tyje fS' ^ We c°uld discover in any one country a gradual alteration of this
0f ^ eSlrining with the form of the arch, and progressively extending to the whole
tash' °rnarnents and general design ; after which, if we could trace the new
°u slowly making its way, and by degrees adopted by the other nations of
great] ' ^ SuPPosl^on °f Mr. Walpole [that it originated in Europe] would be
style V C°n^rmed- Nothing of this, however, is the case. We find the Gothic
°nce' n°tvv'tnstanding the richness and variety it afterwards assumed, appearing at
nearly [ distinctive marks and features : not among one people, but very
tendom 6 same period of time received and practised throughout Chris-
In the lattp
Milner b assertion the noble author is completely at issue, not only with Dr.
" Durin Wltn most of those writers who have treated on Pointed architecture,
styles m^ • 'atter Part of the twelfth century," says Milner, " a strange mixture of
forward"^3^6^ 'n ^ numerous ecclesiastical buildings, which were then going
°ne was' aS mi^U ^e exPected when an old style began to be exploded, and a new
s m the act of formation. This would not have been the case had the latter
* u luttington's " Historical Survey," preface, p. xviii—xx.
Ibid, preface, p. xiii. xiv.
€r ePoch alluded to, it is reasonable to infer that they acquired it from those
a ums whom they are said to have instructed."45
will °WeVer cogent this reasoning may seem to the noble author and his friends, it
have very little effect on the reflective antiquary. To him dates are of primary
pi'od"^^1106 ' neXt t0 tuose' sucn c°Materal and corresponding evidence as shall
ur, „ COnviction, or afford rational and almost conclusive proof. The true solu-
tion of thp . i
e question depends upon that very knowledge which is here argued to be
la' ; for to whatever country priority of date can be referred, to that
thos ^' a'S°' WG must attribute the honour of the invention. The majority of
rejat. Pers°ns who are best acquainted with the different accounts of travellers,
lJ"int ^ l° Q"enta' Duildings, have concluded that the examples of the genuine
0f ja^e stvle> to be found in Syria, Persia, India, or Egypt, are almost undoubtedly
the erection than the period when that mode of building became established in
tharM^' conseciueiltly> ^at the Crusaders were probably the teachers, rather
^ le scholars, of the Orientals in the art of architecture.
He 'S another observation made by Lord Aberdeen, which requires notice.
§tyje fS' ^ We c°uld discover in any one country a gradual alteration of this
0f ^ eSlrining with the form of the arch, and progressively extending to the whole
tash' °rnarnents and general design ; after which, if we could trace the new
°u slowly making its way, and by degrees adopted by the other nations of
great] ' ^ SuPPosl^on °f Mr. Walpole [that it originated in Europe] would be
style V C°n^rmed- Nothing of this, however, is the case. We find the Gothic
°nce' n°tvv'tnstanding the richness and variety it afterwards assumed, appearing at
nearly [ distinctive marks and features : not among one people, but very
tendom 6 same period of time received and practised throughout Chris-
In the lattp
Milner b assertion the noble author is completely at issue, not only with Dr.
" Durin Wltn most of those writers who have treated on Pointed architecture,
styles m^ • 'atter Part of the twelfth century," says Milner, " a strange mixture of
forward"^3^6^ 'n ^ numerous ecclesiastical buildings, which were then going
°ne was' aS mi^U ^e exPected when an old style began to be exploded, and a new
s m the act of formation. This would not have been the case had the latter
* u luttington's " Historical Survey," preface, p. xviii—xx.
Ibid, preface, p. xiii. xiv.