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salisbury cathedral.
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and the ruined choir of Howden Collegiate Church has also many details still more
cW]y resembling these.
View of the east end of the church, No. 45 in the list. The original elevation
°f this front may be supposed to have been lighted by tall, narrow windows,
Slmilar to those of the transept; the buttresses and pinnacles at the angles re-
fining their original character in the same style. The principal window was
evidently copied from that at York, which was built in the early part of the
fifteenth century. The chief mullions are strengthened by parallel ones on the
inside, which bear a small gallery connected with the transom which divides the
^ghts into two portions. A similar expedient was practised at York, where the
wmdow has two transoms, with interior galleries. The skill of the architects of
these structures, in combining great durability and strength with the utmost
tightness of effect, cannot but excite our admiration : and their boldness in intro-
ducing new embellishments into the works of their predecessors is astonishing.
Uninterrupted practice, and liberal supplies, enabled them to execute works which
Modern practitioners cannot hope to emulate : but still let them not disdain to
study such models of excellence.
Salisbury Cathedral.—The very pure, beautiful, and symmetrical style
°f architecture which pervades this Cathedral, has occasioned it to be referred to
^th commendation by almost every writer who has discussed the subject. Mr.
^illson, after alluding to the various names which have been employed to cha-
'acterise the first Pointed order, and disapproving of all, says, " Salisbury
Cathedral being the most complete specimen of this style, there could be nothing
°bscure, nor improper in describing any building of a similar character, as of
Salisbury style.' " Although we can hardly expect to see this term adopted,
^et) as every well informed antiquary will be familiar with the characteristic
Matures, form, and mouldings of this edifice, he will have clear ideas of any
Parts that may be thus named. The date of Salisbury Cathedral has been already
SlVen, p, ] 22 ; and the illustrations contained in the four accompanying plates,
Umbered 46, 47, 48, and 49, in the list, will exemplify the forms of arches,
Windows, columns, ribs, &c. The foundation was laid in May, 1220, by Bishop
lchard Poore, and in 1225 divine service was performed in it, three altars were
Consecrated, and other public ceremonies performed. William de Wanda, who
then dean, kept a narrative of many proceedings of the time, and this record
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and the ruined choir of Howden Collegiate Church has also many details still more
cW]y resembling these.
View of the east end of the church, No. 45 in the list. The original elevation
°f this front may be supposed to have been lighted by tall, narrow windows,
Slmilar to those of the transept; the buttresses and pinnacles at the angles re-
fining their original character in the same style. The principal window was
evidently copied from that at York, which was built in the early part of the
fifteenth century. The chief mullions are strengthened by parallel ones on the
inside, which bear a small gallery connected with the transom which divides the
^ghts into two portions. A similar expedient was practised at York, where the
wmdow has two transoms, with interior galleries. The skill of the architects of
these structures, in combining great durability and strength with the utmost
tightness of effect, cannot but excite our admiration : and their boldness in intro-
ducing new embellishments into the works of their predecessors is astonishing.
Uninterrupted practice, and liberal supplies, enabled them to execute works which
Modern practitioners cannot hope to emulate : but still let them not disdain to
study such models of excellence.
Salisbury Cathedral.—The very pure, beautiful, and symmetrical style
°f architecture which pervades this Cathedral, has occasioned it to be referred to
^th commendation by almost every writer who has discussed the subject. Mr.
^illson, after alluding to the various names which have been employed to cha-
'acterise the first Pointed order, and disapproving of all, says, " Salisbury
Cathedral being the most complete specimen of this style, there could be nothing
°bscure, nor improper in describing any building of a similar character, as of
Salisbury style.' " Although we can hardly expect to see this term adopted,
^et) as every well informed antiquary will be familiar with the characteristic
Matures, form, and mouldings of this edifice, he will have clear ideas of any
Parts that may be thus named. The date of Salisbury Cathedral has been already
SlVen, p, ] 22 ; and the illustrations contained in the four accompanying plates,
Umbered 46, 47, 48, and 49, in the list, will exemplify the forms of arches,
Windows, columns, ribs, &c. The foundation was laid in May, 1220, by Bishop
lchard Poore, and in 1225 divine service was performed in it, three altars were
Consecrated, and other public ceremonies performed. William de Wanda, who
then dean, kept a narrative of many proceedings of the time, and this record