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GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE
119
In addition to these passages, another occurs from chap. v.
William of Malmsbury. It is brought forward with Passage
quoted by Dr.
great candour, by Dr. Milner, in his late publication,* Milner-
at the same time that he professes his hostility -f to
the theory to which it furnishes no inconsiderable
support. It appears by this passage, that St. Paulinus, Anecdote of
Paulinus.
a bishop and missionary from Rome, in the 7th
century, (627,) shewed a peculiar regard and venera-
tion for this old church, (which notwithstanding the
long interval elapsed from the time of its foundation,
remained in its original state,) and took most effectual
means to preserve it. The passage is as follows: £
was called Tu guin, or the white house, the rods having been pealed in honour of the
king. Castles too were so formed. Arnulphus de Montgomery, (according to Giraldus
Cambrensis,) during the reign of Henry I. of Enghnd, built the Castle of Pembroke of
turf and wicker.
In completing the design of the Old Church, the same author has represented it as
covered with straw or reeds, according to the British custom, for which he quotes Bede;
and the passage referred to adds one to the testimonies relative to wicker houses, which is
not the less valuable that it occurs here incidentally. " Accenso (inquit Beda) grandi
igne in medio (domus) contigit volantibus in altum scintillis culmen domus, quod erat
virgis contextum et foeno tectum subitaneis flammis impleri."
Spelman further states, as from his own observation, (nearly 200 years ago) that such
wicker houses occurred every where in Ireland, and often also in England. u Virgeas
hujusmodi domos passim vidimus in Hibernia ssepe etiam et in Anglia."
* Page 22. t Page 75.
X " Paulinum asserit patrum traditio ecclesiam, contextam dudum ut diximus virgis,
ligno tabulatu induisse et plumbo, a summo usque deorsum cooperuisse. Egit namque
praedicabilis viri solertia ut nihil decederit sanctitati, et plurimum accederit ornatui."
Gul.Malm. Antiq. Glaston. apud Gale. Dr. Milner's Eccl. Hist, of Eng. during the
Middle Ages, p. 127.
119
In addition to these passages, another occurs from chap. v.
William of Malmsbury. It is brought forward with Passage
quoted by Dr.
great candour, by Dr. Milner, in his late publication,* Milner-
at the same time that he professes his hostility -f to
the theory to which it furnishes no inconsiderable
support. It appears by this passage, that St. Paulinus, Anecdote of
Paulinus.
a bishop and missionary from Rome, in the 7th
century, (627,) shewed a peculiar regard and venera-
tion for this old church, (which notwithstanding the
long interval elapsed from the time of its foundation,
remained in its original state,) and took most effectual
means to preserve it. The passage is as follows: £
was called Tu guin, or the white house, the rods having been pealed in honour of the
king. Castles too were so formed. Arnulphus de Montgomery, (according to Giraldus
Cambrensis,) during the reign of Henry I. of Enghnd, built the Castle of Pembroke of
turf and wicker.
In completing the design of the Old Church, the same author has represented it as
covered with straw or reeds, according to the British custom, for which he quotes Bede;
and the passage referred to adds one to the testimonies relative to wicker houses, which is
not the less valuable that it occurs here incidentally. " Accenso (inquit Beda) grandi
igne in medio (domus) contigit volantibus in altum scintillis culmen domus, quod erat
virgis contextum et foeno tectum subitaneis flammis impleri."
Spelman further states, as from his own observation, (nearly 200 years ago) that such
wicker houses occurred every where in Ireland, and often also in England. u Virgeas
hujusmodi domos passim vidimus in Hibernia ssepe etiam et in Anglia."
* Page 22. t Page 75.
X " Paulinum asserit patrum traditio ecclesiam, contextam dudum ut diximus virgis,
ligno tabulatu induisse et plumbo, a summo usque deorsum cooperuisse. Egit namque
praedicabilis viri solertia ut nihil decederit sanctitati, et plurimum accederit ornatui."
Gul.Malm. Antiq. Glaston. apud Gale. Dr. Milner's Eccl. Hist, of Eng. during the
Middle Ages, p. 127.