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OPINIONS OF STRUTT. ETC. 51
Vfl^,U^' W^10 '^ustrated almost every branch of antiquarian science connected
^'t1 ^ngl'sh history, notices the Pointed style, which he did not consider to
e an English invention. He says, " About the latter end of the eleventh, or the
b
into
ginning of the twelfth century, a new species of architecture was introduced
pre° ^jn^'anc'' commonly called Gothic, differing in all respects from any of the
arch' m^ °rt'ers' T° what country we first owe this more modern species of
^ecture is not known ; the commonly received opinion is, that it was brought
l°^a|)r0ad' b3r tne knights who attended on the holy wars." "
Vinson, in his account of Southwell Church, has written expressly on the
£ln of the Pointed style. In his introductory chapter he recites the opinions of
wh Preceding writers on the subject, and among them quotes Bishop Warburton,
ose theory he implicitly adopts, but has not added any thing new or important.''6
<( ln> ln his " Life of Chaucer," speaking of pointed architecture, says,
e first symptoms of its existence in Europe were in this island: and there
seems th e • .. . .
' nereiore, to be some ground for regarding it as the invention of the Nor-
mans."4' u 6 .
ne atterwards inconsistently eulogizes the theory of Warburton ; yet
fanc^ " ^ ^'S'10P " nas indulged a little too exuberantly the impulse of his
witT' ~^l>f°riU although he acknowledges that he is but imperfectly acquainted
the S 6 S ject' contends that the Pointed arch was derived from the Arabians, or
acens, and introduced into Europe by the Crusaders."'
by att;Vern0r ^0Wna^ advanced a new theory on the invention of the Pointed style,
uting it to the Freemasons, whom he conceives " to have been the first
formers of tV
model architecture into a regular and scientific order, by applying the
he ,1 ProPort'OIls of timber frame-work to building in stone."59 This opinion
urs to support, by reference to the manner of building with wood,
tenipleg • and
The most "roves were the original temples of the nations among whom the Pointed style took its rise."
Rv,„- ce'ebrated " Gothic" cathedrals are stated to be those of Seville, Salamanca, Paris, Amiens,
ss „ L asburS> Westminster, Lichfield, Pisa, Sienna, Bologna, and Milan.
56 AntOIlb.aAnsol-cynnan-" 1775, 4to. vol.ii. p. 3.
v'i'.Ken pUUleS historical, Architectural, Chorographical, and Itinerary, in Nottinghamshire and the
s, ^ °Unties-" By W. R. Dickinson, Esq. 4to. 1801, vol. i. part i. p. 31.
s8 ^cond Edition, 1804, 8vo. vol. i. p. 226.
59 0^nClpleS of Design in Architecture," 8vo. 1800.
servations on the Origin, &c. of Gothic Architecture :" Archaeologia, vol. ix. p. 110.
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Vfl^,U^' W^10 '^ustrated almost every branch of antiquarian science connected
^'t1 ^ngl'sh history, notices the Pointed style, which he did not consider to
e an English invention. He says, " About the latter end of the eleventh, or the
b
into
ginning of the twelfth century, a new species of architecture was introduced
pre° ^jn^'anc'' commonly called Gothic, differing in all respects from any of the
arch' m^ °rt'ers' T° what country we first owe this more modern species of
^ecture is not known ; the commonly received opinion is, that it was brought
l°^a|)r0ad' b3r tne knights who attended on the holy wars." "
Vinson, in his account of Southwell Church, has written expressly on the
£ln of the Pointed style. In his introductory chapter he recites the opinions of
wh Preceding writers on the subject, and among them quotes Bishop Warburton,
ose theory he implicitly adopts, but has not added any thing new or important.''6
<( ln> ln his " Life of Chaucer," speaking of pointed architecture, says,
e first symptoms of its existence in Europe were in this island: and there
seems th e • .. . .
' nereiore, to be some ground for regarding it as the invention of the Nor-
mans."4' u 6 .
ne atterwards inconsistently eulogizes the theory of Warburton ; yet
fanc^ " ^ ^'S'10P " nas indulged a little too exuberantly the impulse of his
witT' ~^l>f°riU although he acknowledges that he is but imperfectly acquainted
the S 6 S ject' contends that the Pointed arch was derived from the Arabians, or
acens, and introduced into Europe by the Crusaders."'
by att;Vern0r ^0Wna^ advanced a new theory on the invention of the Pointed style,
uting it to the Freemasons, whom he conceives " to have been the first
formers of tV
model architecture into a regular and scientific order, by applying the
he ,1 ProPort'OIls of timber frame-work to building in stone."59 This opinion
urs to support, by reference to the manner of building with wood,
tenipleg • and
The most "roves were the original temples of the nations among whom the Pointed style took its rise."
Rv,„- ce'ebrated " Gothic" cathedrals are stated to be those of Seville, Salamanca, Paris, Amiens,
ss „ L asburS> Westminster, Lichfield, Pisa, Sienna, Bologna, and Milan.
56 AntOIlb.aAnsol-cynnan-" 1775, 4to. vol.ii. p. 3.
v'i'.Ken pUUleS historical, Architectural, Chorographical, and Itinerary, in Nottinghamshire and the
s, ^ °Unties-" By W. R. Dickinson, Esq. 4to. 1801, vol. i. part i. p. 31.
s8 ^cond Edition, 1804, 8vo. vol. i. p. 226.
59 0^nClpleS of Design in Architecture," 8vo. 1800.
servations on the Origin, &c. of Gothic Architecture :" Archaeologia, vol. ix. p. 110.
H 2