. An encyclopaedia of architecture, historical, theoretical, & practical. New ed., rev., portions rewritten, and with additions by Wyatt Papworth. uct it in so faulty a manner, that it required to be held together with ironrods from the very first day of its erection. This fault thoy found it absolutely necessary toconnnit, beiau>-e they scarcely ever i)rought themselves to allow theuse of the buttress. (fc) JIEnl.«VAL ARTIFICEUS. SOa. In considering the question of the origin of pointed , those who havehitherto been supposed to have devised the pointed arch itself must not be
. An encyclopaedia of architecture, historical, theoretical, & practical. New ed., rev., portions rewritten, and with additions by Wyatt Papworth. uct it in so faulty a manner, that it required to be held together with ironrods from the very first day of its erection. This fault thoy found it absolutely necessary toconnnit, beiau>-e they scarcely ever i)rought themselves to allow theuse of the buttress. (fc) JIEnl.«VAL ARTIFICEUS. SOa. In considering the question of the origin of pointed , those who havehitherto been supposed to have devised the pointed arch itself must not be neglected : andto these jiersons we are indebted for the gigantic masses of exquisitely decorated composition,to be seen in the structures which they designed and erected. These men are imagined tohave belonged to a corporation or guild having authority over all countries, or to a guildin each country, having authority only in its own nation. This so-called confraternity hasbeen known as the Freemasons. In the following account of them we shall much abridLetiie two papers read before the lU)yal Institute of British Architects, and given in. ST. FltOXn, , TKANSVtKSE 5 HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE. Book I ; Tjanfait oyis of that society, 1860 and 1861. Before doing so, however, it will I)ejessary to introduce a few preliminary remarks on the state of architecture previous to; period when the so-called body of Freemasons is said to liave Ilie pontificate, towards the end of the 10th century, of a Benedictine monk, named;rl)ert, afterwards known under tlie name of Sylvester II., and whose life, if Ilatina,iies of the Poj es) may be relied on, was not of the most virtuous character, seenis tove induced an extraordinary change in the arts. Gerbert was a native of Auvergne, and,der Arabian masters at Cordova and , applied himself to, and l)ecame a great)ficient in, matiiematical learning. lie afterwards appears to have settled at Uiieims,il to have
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