. An encyclopaedia of architecture, historical, theoretical, & practical. New ed., rev., portions rewritten, and with additions by Wyatt Papworth. ave suHered our account of Ihorjieto have been preceded by those of others, but the conspicuous rank lie holds in the listof English architects of this period induced us to place him before another, for a littletime his jjredecessor in the works of the country. We allude to the name of RobertAdams, who translated Lbaldinis account of the defeat of the Siianish Armada from theItalian into Latin ; a feat which we fear but few architects of the present
. An encyclopaedia of architecture, historical, theoretical, & practical. New ed., rev., portions rewritten, and with additions by Wyatt Papworth. ave suHered our account of Ihorjieto have been preceded by those of others, but the conspicuous rank lie holds in the listof English architects of this period induced us to place him before another, for a littletime his jjredecessor in the works of the country. We allude to the name of RobertAdams, who translated Lbaldinis account of the defeat of the Siianish Armada from theItalian into Latin ; a feat which we fear but few architects of the present day would easilyaccomplish, such is the fall of education for artists, notwithstanding all the boasts of marchof intellect. This translation appeared in 4to., 1589. He was surveyor of the queensbuildings, and a])pears to have been a man of considerable ability. His place of sepulture«as in an aisle on the north side of the old church at Greenwich, with this inscription, Egregio Viro, Roberto Adams, operum regiorum supervisor! architectura, peritissimo,ob. 1595. Simon Basil, operationum regiarum contrarotulator, hoc posult monumentum1( •202 HISTORY OF AUCHITECTURE. Be 1. 4-i2. Ikrnard Aihiiiisaiid Bradsliaw wpie also eminent am(>n<T the arcliitccts«)f tlie jieriod under our consid«ration ; but we must notice more jiarticidiiily GerardClirismas, wlio was associated with Bernard Jaiisen in the erection of Noithampton, after-wards SulTdlk, and now Northumberland House, not strictly belonging in time, though instyle, to the reign of Elizabeth. Both of these architects are considered to have been muchemployed. In the balustrade and on the stnet front were the letters H. N. and C. JE.,wliich iio doubt stood for Henric. Howard, Northampton. Conies ..Edificavit. Yet C. ^].has been supposed to denote Chrisinas ^dificavit. Sucli letters were repeated, apractice then much in vogue, for there are many examjjles of inscripti<jns of letters en-closed witliin the
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