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R- LEDWICH AND THE REV. J. WHITAKER ON THE POINTED ARCH. 73
which he says, " the two door ways are roundly arched, and the windows all
**aU ^ pea^S*"" Some of these he acknowledges to be modern, but he adds,
a °f them are peaked, the ancient less sharply than the modern, but still
Peaked. » At tlle cjoge of ^ section iie a(]ds, " The use of the peaked arch
^en> if we go upon those facts which alone ought to fix our faith, is prior to the
the'T^' WUhin this island' The Church of Kirkdale> the Church of Aldbrough,
Actuary of Westminster, and the Coin of the Confessor, shew the arch to
arc^ -3een USe^ ^6re *n tne Confessor's days. The appearance also of the peaked
of x\10 l'le ^mPress Helena's magnificent Church of Jerusalem, upon a monument
th ^ ^°mans in north of Britain, and in a remaining church of theirs within
Ronj° ' PlOVes lt to nave been equally use(1 here as early as the days of the
the 'rilen tlie old catliedral of St. German's comes in to fill up the vacuity of
ages between, and forms an intermediate link in the chain of transmission
the Romans and the Confessor."1"
wich, though a writer from whom Whitaker has derived some of his infor-
mation i
M 'th th W^°Se °Pm'on does not differ very materially from his own, meets
style 6 It10S* severe reprehension, because he does not allow that the Pointed
he Contmued without interruption from the second and third centuries, when
tweJfth^0868 U WaS ™ US6' t0 tllG Perioc* °^ its acknowledged ascendency in the
lost - ^ree Showing ages." He says, " An order of architecture, once
80uj .^,as Uttle likely to have been recovered in those ages of barbarism, as the
Wild' f °nCe to s'eeP w'tn tne ^°dy hy the hand of death, according to the
01 u.st h °'eS °^ Some that it will be, is to be awakened again : the revival of either
Notran actual creation of it;'12
llng can be more futile, irrelevant, and irrational ; for it is notorious that
'° "lbfdthedral °f Cornwa11-" vol. i. P. 93. » Ibid.
tue 'tssu •" ^ ^''e °P'n'on a(lopted, and thus supported by Whitaker, obviously depends on
styie j originality of the examples to which he refers. In his view of the origin of the Pointed
otlle>' autl 6n US6S aSS6'ti0n instead of argument > and defends his own notions, and reprobates those of
He w_ rs' ln that peculiar style of self-confidence and dogmatism which distinguish all his writings.
PerseverUnd0UbteC"y a 1)01(1 and oriSinal thinker, possessed of considerable learning, and was acute and
est'mationg'n reSearClleS; ^ tll6Se 1ualit'es are sullied by a pride of intellect, which shews that his
View of th ° 'vidua! merit was influenced by a full sense of his own endowments, and a contemptuous
ose of other labourers in the fields of literature.
ncient Cathedral of Cornwall," vol. i. p. 96. ,l Ibid. p. 97.
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which he says, " the two door ways are roundly arched, and the windows all
**aU ^ pea^S*"" Some of these he acknowledges to be modern, but he adds,
a °f them are peaked, the ancient less sharply than the modern, but still
Peaked. » At tlle cjoge of ^ section iie a(]ds, " The use of the peaked arch
^en> if we go upon those facts which alone ought to fix our faith, is prior to the
the'T^' WUhin this island' The Church of Kirkdale> the Church of Aldbrough,
Actuary of Westminster, and the Coin of the Confessor, shew the arch to
arc^ -3een USe^ ^6re *n tne Confessor's days. The appearance also of the peaked
of x\10 l'le ^mPress Helena's magnificent Church of Jerusalem, upon a monument
th ^ ^°mans in north of Britain, and in a remaining church of theirs within
Ronj° ' PlOVes lt to nave been equally use(1 here as early as the days of the
the 'rilen tlie old catliedral of St. German's comes in to fill up the vacuity of
ages between, and forms an intermediate link in the chain of transmission
the Romans and the Confessor."1"
wich, though a writer from whom Whitaker has derived some of his infor-
mation i
M 'th th W^°Se °Pm'on does not differ very materially from his own, meets
style 6 It10S* severe reprehension, because he does not allow that the Pointed
he Contmued without interruption from the second and third centuries, when
tweJfth^0868 U WaS ™ US6' t0 tllG Perioc* °^ its acknowledged ascendency in the
lost - ^ree Showing ages." He says, " An order of architecture, once
80uj .^,as Uttle likely to have been recovered in those ages of barbarism, as the
Wild' f °nCe to s'eeP w'tn tne ^°dy hy the hand of death, according to the
01 u.st h °'eS °^ Some that it will be, is to be awakened again : the revival of either
Notran actual creation of it;'12
llng can be more futile, irrelevant, and irrational ; for it is notorious that
'° "lbfdthedral °f Cornwa11-" vol. i. P. 93. » Ibid.
tue 'tssu •" ^ ^''e °P'n'on a(lopted, and thus supported by Whitaker, obviously depends on
styie j originality of the examples to which he refers. In his view of the origin of the Pointed
otlle>' autl 6n US6S aSS6'ti0n instead of argument > and defends his own notions, and reprobates those of
He w_ rs' ln that peculiar style of self-confidence and dogmatism which distinguish all his writings.
PerseverUnd0UbteC"y a 1)01(1 and oriSinal thinker, possessed of considerable learning, and was acute and
est'mationg'n reSearClleS; ^ tll6Se 1ualit'es are sullied by a pride of intellect, which shews that his
View of th ° 'vidua! merit was influenced by a full sense of his own endowments, and a contemptuous
ose of other labourers in the fields of literature.
ncient Cathedral of Cornwall," vol. i. p. 96. ,l Ibid. p. 97.
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