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Plate HL—^art of We on a larger ^>rale; a Wto from
We (Court into We Jloloer-^arbem
“ Let my due feet never fail
To walk the studious cloisters pale.”
Il Penseroso.
This arcade, being in every respect a continuation of the corridor,
forms a deambulatory of considerable size. “ There are few old man-
sions,” says Sir John Cullum, “without their walking places, and they
certainly had their use; but this age of list, sand-bags, and carpets,
that dreads every breath of air as if it were a pestilence, shudders at
the idea of such a body of element being admitted into any part of
a dwelling.” And Lydgate, in his Troy Boke, evidently with the model
of a monastic cloister in his mind, describes the sides of every street
as being covered with “ fresh alures ” of marble, or cloisters crowned
with rich and lofty pinnacles, and fronted with tabernacular work,
vaulted like the dormitory of a monastery, and called deambulatories,
for the accommodation of the citizens in all weathers. Warton, speaking
of this poem, says, “ It is extremely curious; not for the capricious
incredulities and absurd inconsistences which it exhibits, but because
it conveys anecdotes of ancient architecture, and especially of that florid
and improved species which began to grow fashionable in Lydgate’s
age.” Hence, it appears that there is sufficient authority for the
introduction of this somewhat ecclesiastical feature into a domestic
structure.
From the cloister, a descent, by steps, leads to the garden; * and the
* For a description of the gardens at Kenilworth, see Illustrations.
Plate HL—^art of We on a larger ^>rale; a Wto from
We (Court into We Jloloer-^arbem
“ Let my due feet never fail
To walk the studious cloisters pale.”
Il Penseroso.
This arcade, being in every respect a continuation of the corridor,
forms a deambulatory of considerable size. “ There are few old man-
sions,” says Sir John Cullum, “without their walking places, and they
certainly had their use; but this age of list, sand-bags, and carpets,
that dreads every breath of air as if it were a pestilence, shudders at
the idea of such a body of element being admitted into any part of
a dwelling.” And Lydgate, in his Troy Boke, evidently with the model
of a monastic cloister in his mind, describes the sides of every street
as being covered with “ fresh alures ” of marble, or cloisters crowned
with rich and lofty pinnacles, and fronted with tabernacular work,
vaulted like the dormitory of a monastery, and called deambulatories,
for the accommodation of the citizens in all weathers. Warton, speaking
of this poem, says, “ It is extremely curious; not for the capricious
incredulities and absurd inconsistences which it exhibits, but because
it conveys anecdotes of ancient architecture, and especially of that florid
and improved species which began to grow fashionable in Lydgate’s
age.” Hence, it appears that there is sufficient authority for the
introduction of this somewhat ecclesiastical feature into a domestic
structure.
From the cloister, a descent, by steps, leads to the garden; * and the
* For a description of the gardens at Kenilworth, see Illustrations.