Chambers's encyclopaedia; a dictionary of universal knowledge . raditions of tlieIcelanders. The best editions are by P. E. Miillerand Velscliow (Copen. 1839-58) and A. Holder(Strasb. 1SS6). There are good translations fromthe Latin into Danish by Vedel (newed. 1851) and Grundtvig (3 vols. 1818-20). To anEnglish translation in the Folklore Society seriesby tj. Elton of the lirst nine books (1892) is prehxeda mythological commentary by York Powell. Saxon Architecture, the style of building used in Englandbefore the intro-duction of theNorman archi-tecture at tlieConrjuest. Thereare fe
Chambers's encyclopaedia; a dictionary of universal knowledge . raditions of tlieIcelanders. The best editions are by P. E. Miillerand Velscliow (Copen. 1839-58) and A. Holder(Strasb. 1SS6). There are good translations fromthe Latin into Danish by Vedel (newed. 1851) and Grundtvig (3 vols. 1818-20). To anEnglish translation in the Folklore Society seriesby tj. Elton of the lirst nine books (1892) is prehxeda mythological commentary by York Powell. Saxon Architecture, the style of building used in Englandbefore the intro-duction of theNorman archi-tecture at tlieConrjuest. Thereare few speci-mens remainingwhich can be de-pended upon asgenuine. builtchiefly in wood,and all theirwooden edificesare now lost. Itseems probablethat a rude andsimple style, inwhich manyfeatures reseni-liling Normanwork were intro-diiceil, was thatused by theSaxons in the11th century,liut there arealso more ancientstructures, stillpartly jireserved,in which morec haracteristicfeatures thesethe towers of Earls Barton and Barnack, Northanip-. Tower of Earls Barton,Northamptonshire. tonsliire, a church at Bradford-on-Avon (), andthe crypt at Kepton are good examples. The peculiar hmg and short work of the quoins, the ]iiojertingfillets running up the face of the walls and interlac-ing like woodwork, and the baluster-like shafts be-tween the openings of the upi)er windows resem-bling the turned woodwork of the period, are allcharacteristic of the style. Ancient Koman bricksseem also to have been used in some of the Saxonworks, as at the churches of Brixworth, North-amptonshire, and that on the Castle Hill of Dover. Saxon Duchies, a group of sovereign statesin the centre of Germany, lying W. of the Kingdomof Saxony, N. of Bavaria, E. of Hesse-Nassau, andS. of the province of Prussian Saxony. Saxe-Altenburg 511 170,807 Alt<nlnirg. Saxe-Coburg-Gotha 766 CoburBainiGotha. Saxe-Meiningen 953 223,920 Mciningcn. 326,824 Weimar.
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