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was established, or the romantic expeditions to the Holy Land commenced."1 In
proof of this statement he refers to the temple built in Egypt by the Emperor
Ad nan, in commemoration of his favorite, Antinous ; to figures of pointed arches, in
Syriac manuscripts of the sixth century ; to engravings of sepulchral stones, orna-
mented with sculptures of pointed arches, given by Horsley in " Britannia Romana f
to similar ornaments on coins and medals ; and to some disputable examples of
pointed arches used in buildings. He adds, " Mr. Pennant saw, at Chester, two
pointed arches within a round one ; and Mr. Grose informs us, that the columns at
Kirkstall Abbey, in Yorkshire, support pointed arches, and over these is a range
of windows whose arches are semicircular : these circumstances seem to intimate
that the round and lancet arches were for a while striving for victory."2
This writer attributes to the Normans the introduction of Pointed architecture
into England ; supposing it to have been the new mode of building, which William
of Malmesbury, and other historians,3 represent as having become general after
the Conquest.
Mr. Whitaker says, " The "peaked arch appears demonstrably to have been in-
troduced among the Romans, however it has been denominated Gothic.'"4 Be-
sides the subjects referred to by Ledwich in support of this conclusion, Mr.
Whitaker notices an arch of an aqueduct, in Spain, which has been attributed to
the Emperor Trajan, and is mentioned by Mr. King in the " Archaeologia."5 He
also refers to the church of the Holy Sepulchre at Jerusalem, built by St. Helena,
the door way into the chapel of which is " a tall arch peaked, and sharply peaked
too."6 Besides these foreign examples of the early use of the pointed arch, the
same author adduces what he conceives to be instances of the employment of such
arches in England, at least before the Conquest. The most remarkable example
of these is in the church of St. German, in Cornwall, which he ascribes to King
Athelstan, whom he seems to consider as having made the latest additions to that
building.7 He also refers to another English ecclesiastical edifice, as an early
example of the Pointed style. This is the church of St. Martin, at Canterbury,
1 " Antiquities of Ireland," 2d edition, 4to. 1804, p. 192. 1 Ibid. p. 193.
3 " De Gest. Reg. Ang." &c. apud Du Cange.
4 " Antient Cathedral of Cornwall, Historically surveyed," 4to. 1804, vol. i. p. 92.
5 Vol. iv. p. 410.
fi Vide Pococke's " Description of the East," vol. ii. part 1, p. 16, plate 4.
7 " Cathedral of Cornwall," vol. ii. p. 184, 185.
ARCHITECTURAL ANTIQUITIES.
was established, or the romantic expeditions to the Holy Land commenced."1 In
proof of this statement he refers to the temple built in Egypt by the Emperor
Ad nan, in commemoration of his favorite, Antinous ; to figures of pointed arches, in
Syriac manuscripts of the sixth century ; to engravings of sepulchral stones, orna-
mented with sculptures of pointed arches, given by Horsley in " Britannia Romana f
to similar ornaments on coins and medals ; and to some disputable examples of
pointed arches used in buildings. He adds, " Mr. Pennant saw, at Chester, two
pointed arches within a round one ; and Mr. Grose informs us, that the columns at
Kirkstall Abbey, in Yorkshire, support pointed arches, and over these is a range
of windows whose arches are semicircular : these circumstances seem to intimate
that the round and lancet arches were for a while striving for victory."2
This writer attributes to the Normans the introduction of Pointed architecture
into England ; supposing it to have been the new mode of building, which William
of Malmesbury, and other historians,3 represent as having become general after
the Conquest.
Mr. Whitaker says, " The "peaked arch appears demonstrably to have been in-
troduced among the Romans, however it has been denominated Gothic.'"4 Be-
sides the subjects referred to by Ledwich in support of this conclusion, Mr.
Whitaker notices an arch of an aqueduct, in Spain, which has been attributed to
the Emperor Trajan, and is mentioned by Mr. King in the " Archaeologia."5 He
also refers to the church of the Holy Sepulchre at Jerusalem, built by St. Helena,
the door way into the chapel of which is " a tall arch peaked, and sharply peaked
too."6 Besides these foreign examples of the early use of the pointed arch, the
same author adduces what he conceives to be instances of the employment of such
arches in England, at least before the Conquest. The most remarkable example
of these is in the church of St. German, in Cornwall, which he ascribes to King
Athelstan, whom he seems to consider as having made the latest additions to that
building.7 He also refers to another English ecclesiastical edifice, as an early
example of the Pointed style. This is the church of St. Martin, at Canterbury,
1 " Antiquities of Ireland," 2d edition, 4to. 1804, p. 192. 1 Ibid. p. 193.
3 " De Gest. Reg. Ang." &c. apud Du Cange.
4 " Antient Cathedral of Cornwall, Historically surveyed," 4to. 1804, vol. i. p. 92.
5 Vol. iv. p. 410.
fi Vide Pococke's " Description of the East," vol. ii. part 1, p. 16, plate 4.
7 " Cathedral of Cornwall," vol. ii. p. 184, 185.