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 . ingthe genuineness of the earlier ceiling. This style of paintedceiling seems the most appropriate finish to a Norman similar painted ceiling, but far more rich and elaborate,has been restored in Ely Cathedral ^. ™ [These have been destroyed since Styleman Le Strange; bnt he died be- Mr. Eickman ?wrote, and the framing fore he had finished his work, and his of the roof at Peterborough above the fi-ieud Mr. Gambier Parry, also a ta- ce
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 . ingthe genuineness of the earlier ceiling. This style of paintedceiling seems the most appropriate finish to a Norman similar painted ceiling, but far more rich and elaborate,has been restored in Ely Cathedral ^. ™ [These have been destroyed since Styleman Le Strange; bnt he died be- Mr. Eickman ?wrote, and the framing fore he had finished his work, and his of the roof at Peterborough above the fi-ieud Mr. Gambier Parry, also a ta- ceihng is modern.] lented amateur artist, completed the By the indefatigable zeal of Mr. task he had set himself. NOUMAN ROOFS. 71 It is evident, from the weather-mouldings which frequentlyremain on Norman towers, that the outer roofs of this stylewere frequently of a high pitch, hut they were sometimes verylow, and they appear to have generally, if not always, had tie-beams, placed very near together, on the under side of which,a flat boarded ceiling was perhaps nailed. It may be doubtedwhether any example of this period now remains, though we. Korman Groined Roof of Aisle, Peterborougli Cathedral, 1117—1143. have sufficient evidence to shew what they were in severalinstances. Portions of some very remarkable wooden roofs ofthis style remain in the bishops palace at Hereford, and atOakham, Rutland.] Of the Norman groined roof [or vault] we have very manyfine examples, principally in the roofs of crypts, and in smallchurches; they consist of cross-springers, and sometimes, butnot always, of a rib from pier to pier; they are sometimesplain, but oftener ornamented with libs of a few bold nouldings,and sometimes with these mouldings enriched with zigzag andother carved work of this style. The ruins of Lindisfarne, onthe Northumberland coast, have long exhibited the great cross-springer rib, over the intersection of the nave and transepts,remaining while the rest of the roof
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