An attempt to discriminate the styles of architecture in England, from the conquest to the reformation : with a sketch of the Grecian and Roman orders . Palace, Westmiiister, 1097. Lindisfarne Priory, 1093—10. MalmesburyAtbey, 1115 -1139. Kirkstall Abley, am. 1152-1182. e2 52 THE NORMAN STYLE. the stjle, the introduction of pointed arches must have beenmuch earlier, for we find intersecting arches in buildings of thepurest Norman, and whoever constructed them, constructedpointed arches ; but it appears as if the round and pointedarches were, for neaily a century, used indiscrimi
An attempt to discriminate the styles of architecture in England, from the conquest to the reformation : with a sketch of the Grecian and Roman orders . Palace, Westmiiister, 1097. Lindisfarne Priory, 1093—10. MalmesburyAtbey, 1115 -1139. Kirkstall Abley, am. 1152-1182. e2 52 THE NORMAN STYLE. the stjle, the introduction of pointed arches must have beenmuch earlier, for we find intersecting arches in buildings of thepurest Norman, and whoever constructed them, constructedpointed arches ; but it appears as if the round and pointedarches were, for neaily a century, used indiscriminately, aswas most consonant to the necessities of the work, or thebuilders ideas ^ Xirkstall and Buildwas Abbeys have alltheir exterior round arches, but the nave has pointed archesin the interior. There are some Norman arches so near asemicircle as to be only just perceptibly pointed, and with therudelv-carved Norman oinaments. There are a few Norman arches of very curious shape, beingmore than a semicircle, or what is called a horse-shoe, and ina few instances a double arch. These arches are sometimesplain, but are much oftener enriched with the zig-zag andother ornaments peculiar to this style. [The early No
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