Memorials of old north Wales . form produced far-reaching results, and its power showeditself in several ways. It fixed the Welsh language, andsupplied a standard to which future generations con-formed ; in this respect rendering the same service as theAuthorised Version of the Enghsh Bible rendered theEnglish language ; its phrases and words became inter-woven with ordinary speech ; it provided the Welshpeasant with an unfailing source of pleasure, an instrumentof education and basis of culture, widening his mentalhorizon, and ministering to his religious nature and poetictastes. The shepherd
Memorials of old north Wales . form produced far-reaching results, and its power showeditself in several ways. It fixed the Welsh language, andsupplied a standard to which future generations con-formed ; in this respect rendering the same service as theAuthorised Version of the Enghsh Bible rendered theEnglish language ; its phrases and words became inter-woven with ordinary speech ; it provided the Welshpeasant with an unfailing source of pleasure, an instrumentof education and basis of culture, widening his mentalhorizon, and ministering to his religious nature and poetictastes. The shepherd on the slopes of Eryri and theploughman in the Vale of Clwyd had gained direct accessto the Divine Oracles! Still more profound was themoral and religious influence that the book whole temper of the Welsh people was changed,and a new impulse spread through every class of thecommunity. To the Welsh Bible is mainly due the revolu-tion in Welsh thought which made Wales as Protestantas it had been previously Photo: IVic/iens, Bangor. Bangor Cathedral. THE CATHEDRAL CHURCHES OFBANGOR AND ST. ASAPH By H. Harold Hughes THE architecture of the cathedral, monastic andlarger parish churches of North Wales is essen-tially English in character, though embodying ininstances certain local peculiarities. Of the two northernWelsh cathedrals, that of Bangor far excels in interest thatof the sister church of St. Asaph, from an archaeologicalstandpoint. Both churches suffered much and often fromthe same causes during the Middle Ages, but, whereas inBangor we can trace its gradual development from thetwelfth century onwards, St. Asaph is practically a churchof two periods—Decorated and Modern. Bangor Cathedral Deiniol, the first Bishop, is said to have been conse-crated about the year 550 , but of his or subsequentcathedrals, built previous to the twelfth century, there areno structural remains. There are, however, two stoneswith Celtic ornament, of pre-Norman date, p
Size: 1293px × 1934px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1910, bookidmemorialsofo, bookyear1913
