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3ESSAY*
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ned. Eddius, who was contemporary with
Bedc, wrote the life of Wilfrid, bishop of
York, and, among other things, informs us
of many religious structures, erected by that
magnificent prelate; several of which, as ap-*
pears by his description, were very elegant
and sumptuous buildings; besides which, he
thoroughly repaired the church of St. Peter,
in Yorkk, which had received great injuries in
the wars between Penda, king of Mercia, and
the Northumbrians, a few years after it was
finished; he put on a new roof, and covered-
it with lead, and glazed the windows', about
the year 669.
The churches founded by Wilfrid, and par-
ticularly described by Eddius, are the con-
ventual church of Rippon, in Yorkshire, and
the cathedral church of Hexham, in Northum-
berland; of the former he gives this account:
He raised on high, and completed the church
]n Rippon, from the foundations in the ground,
to its utmost height, with hewn stone, and sup-
ported it with various kinds of pillars and por-
ticos m.—This elegant church, soon after it was
k Eddii Stephani Vita S. Wilfridi, inter XV. Scriptores,,
^•xvi. p. 59. edit. Gale.
" Pnmum cuimina corrupta tecti renovans, artificiose
pmmbo puro tcgens, per fenestras introitum avium et im-
, ;i vitro proiujbuit, per quod tamen iutro lumen radiebat."
iwd.
' An Hrypis basilicam polito lapide a fundainentis in
D
lOl
ned. Eddius, who was contemporary with
Bedc, wrote the life of Wilfrid, bishop of
York, and, among other things, informs us
of many religious structures, erected by that
magnificent prelate; several of which, as ap-*
pears by his description, were very elegant
and sumptuous buildings; besides which, he
thoroughly repaired the church of St. Peter,
in Yorkk, which had received great injuries in
the wars between Penda, king of Mercia, and
the Northumbrians, a few years after it was
finished; he put on a new roof, and covered-
it with lead, and glazed the windows', about
the year 669.
The churches founded by Wilfrid, and par-
ticularly described by Eddius, are the con-
ventual church of Rippon, in Yorkshire, and
the cathedral church of Hexham, in Northum-
berland; of the former he gives this account:
He raised on high, and completed the church
]n Rippon, from the foundations in the ground,
to its utmost height, with hewn stone, and sup-
ported it with various kinds of pillars and por-
ticos m.—This elegant church, soon after it was
k Eddii Stephani Vita S. Wilfridi, inter XV. Scriptores,,
^•xvi. p. 59. edit. Gale.
" Pnmum cuimina corrupta tecti renovans, artificiose
pmmbo puro tcgens, per fenestras introitum avium et im-
, ;i vitro proiujbuit, per quod tamen iutro lumen radiebat."
iwd.
' An Hrypis basilicam polito lapide a fundainentis in
D