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mr. gray's opinion on ancient buildings. 61
y& column as a mullion. In the cloisters at Norwich, which is early Gothic,
circuT1S a^°ne are Usec* ^or tne same purpose, and the heads of these lights are
the " T' ^aVC t'16 Edition °ftne cusp-foliation; in the present, and in many others,
s0 1S St'^ usec^ Jomt'y w*tn some other mouldings. The clustered columns,
the ^>11S^ICUOus m this species of architecture, do not vary very considerably from
>.^, ao;'and Norma)i, in which it was not unusual to place smaller columns
tound thp .
js Principal pier : that part of the pier which appeared between the columns
Pe ^°rmec^ mto mouldings, and the number of these smaller columns increased.
bet\\la^S ^6 resu^ °^ a more particular inquiry into the differences subsisting
Pal ^e ^°rman and Gothic styles might satisfy us that we need not to go to
^stine or Germany for authority to account for the origin of the latter."76
twelfth n°te °n a commui"cat'on to tne Society of Antiquaries, published in the
ance 1 V°'Ume °^ tUe Archaeologia, Mr. Wilkins observes, that " the first appear-
the ° ^e ^omted arch in this country was probably towards the latter end of
sac " '^1° °^ ^enry tne F^st, in the church of Frendsbury, built by Paulinus, the
J ' between the years 1125 and 1137."77
p0jnt'^'fl?/, the poet, though he never published any thing on the subject ot
when ' aiC^tecture> appears to have studied it with much attention, at a time
j_j-s ^. rnerits were very little known, and, consequently, as little appreciated,
tectur »ra^^er' Mason, after mentioning " his great knowledge of Gothic archi-
ll ^' Says> " he had seen and accurately studied in his youth, while abroad,
pa|ja(j0rnan Proportions on the spot, both in ancient ruins, and in the works of
•structu° ^ ^atter years ne applied himself to consider those stupendous
not the S' °* m°re m°dern date, that adorn our own country ; which, if they have
this modame ^ra°e' aave undoubtedly equal dignity. He endeavoured to trace
Wl it ar 6 ° ^*n£> from tHe time it commenced, through its various changes,
of Elizabeth ^ ^S per^ection m tue re'S'n °^ Henry the Eighth, and ended in that
as upon 1 PurPose ne did not so much depend upon written accounts,
i-eSpectj mternal evidence which the buildings themselves give of their
pitch of aritlcl,Liity--" By these means he arrived at so very extraordinary a
when e a^acity' as to be enabled to pronounce, at first sight, on the precise time
very particular part of any of our cathedrals was erected."78
" i^TT''voL™-v-107'108-
78 " Works of Th 159;!,'°m " Bibliotheca Topographica Brittannica," No. VI. part ii. p. 118.
Svo- ii. p. 239 24oaS *** Mem°'rS of his Life and WritinSs-" By W. Mason, M.A. 1807,
y& column as a mullion. In the cloisters at Norwich, which is early Gothic,
circuT1S a^°ne are Usec* ^or tne same purpose, and the heads of these lights are
the " T' ^aVC t'16 Edition °ftne cusp-foliation; in the present, and in many others,
s0 1S St'^ usec^ Jomt'y w*tn some other mouldings. The clustered columns,
the ^>11S^ICUOus m this species of architecture, do not vary very considerably from
>.^, ao;'and Norma)i, in which it was not unusual to place smaller columns
tound thp .
js Principal pier : that part of the pier which appeared between the columns
Pe ^°rmec^ mto mouldings, and the number of these smaller columns increased.
bet\\la^S ^6 resu^ °^ a more particular inquiry into the differences subsisting
Pal ^e ^°rman and Gothic styles might satisfy us that we need not to go to
^stine or Germany for authority to account for the origin of the latter."76
twelfth n°te °n a commui"cat'on to tne Society of Antiquaries, published in the
ance 1 V°'Ume °^ tUe Archaeologia, Mr. Wilkins observes, that " the first appear-
the ° ^e ^omted arch in this country was probably towards the latter end of
sac " '^1° °^ ^enry tne F^st, in the church of Frendsbury, built by Paulinus, the
J ' between the years 1125 and 1137."77
p0jnt'^'fl?/, the poet, though he never published any thing on the subject ot
when ' aiC^tecture> appears to have studied it with much attention, at a time
j_j-s ^. rnerits were very little known, and, consequently, as little appreciated,
tectur »ra^^er' Mason, after mentioning " his great knowledge of Gothic archi-
ll ^' Says> " he had seen and accurately studied in his youth, while abroad,
pa|ja(j0rnan Proportions on the spot, both in ancient ruins, and in the works of
•structu° ^ ^atter years ne applied himself to consider those stupendous
not the S' °* m°re m°dern date, that adorn our own country ; which, if they have
this modame ^ra°e' aave undoubtedly equal dignity. He endeavoured to trace
Wl it ar 6 ° ^*n£> from tHe time it commenced, through its various changes,
of Elizabeth ^ ^S per^ection m tue re'S'n °^ Henry the Eighth, and ended in that
as upon 1 PurPose ne did not so much depend upon written accounts,
i-eSpectj mternal evidence which the buildings themselves give of their
pitch of aritlcl,Liity--" By these means he arrived at so very extraordinary a
when e a^acity' as to be enabled to pronounce, at first sight, on the precise time
very particular part of any of our cathedrals was erected."78
" i^TT''voL™-v-107'108-
78 " Works of Th 159;!,'°m " Bibliotheca Topographica Brittannica," No. VI. part ii. p. 118.
Svo- ii. p. 239 24oaS *** Mem°'rS of his Life and WritinSs-" By W. Mason, M.A. 1807,