Gothic architecture in France, England, and Italy . he great and lesser columns. 2 ubi supra sacrum illius sepulchrum devotio veterum lapideas erexittestudines, quae jam nunc plenae fissuris et ruinis dissolutionem sui indicantimminere. Indulgence of Bp. Northwold of Ely 1235. 3 Cathedral Church of Wells, E. A. Freeman; Canon Church says thereis no direct record of Reginalds work on the cathedral, but several documentsallude to building going on during his time. A deed apparently of 1194contains a gift ad constructionem novi operis, &c. Early History of theChurch of Wells, p. 82. 186 ENGL
Gothic architecture in France, England, and Italy . he great and lesser columns. 2 ubi supra sacrum illius sepulchrum devotio veterum lapideas erexittestudines, quae jam nunc plenae fissuris et ruinis dissolutionem sui indicantimminere. Indulgence of Bp. Northwold of Ely 1235. 3 Cathedral Church of Wells, E. A. Freeman; Canon Church says thereis no direct record of Reginalds work on the cathedral, but several documentsallude to building going on during his time. A deed apparently of 1194contains a gift ad constructionem novi operis, &c. Early History of theChurch of Wells, p. 82. 186 ENGLAND [CH. XI Wellscathedral else his enlargement could have been1. The differencebetween them and the west front, supposing both to beJocelins work, may be explained by supposing him tohave finished the last three bays of Reginalds nave inthe local style early in his long episcopate, probablyabout 1219, after settling the dispute with Glastonbury ;and to have built the front towards the end of his life inthe new manner of Salisbury and .Sect tc of f est. °u Fig. 75- The nave Here we have extraordinarily massive piers (Fig. 75) of clustered shafts carrying pointed arches richly mouldedin several orders, surmounted by a triforium of pointedopenings resembling that at S. Davids, which is con-temporary and may perhaps be the work of Somersetmasons. The size of these piers at Wells may be appre-ciated by comparing them with those of Salisbury, which 1 Ecclesiam Sancti Andreae Wellensis, quae periculum ruinae patiebaturprae sua vetustate,...aedificare coepimus et ampliare. Deed of 1242, citedby Canon Church. Early History of the Church of Wells, p. 151. Plate LX
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