Vetusta Monumenta, Quae Ad Rerum Britannicarum Memoriam Conservandam Societas Antiquariorum Londini Sumptu Suo Edenda Curavit, Vol. 5 (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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ISBN 10: 0656326972 ISBN 13: 9780656326976

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Excerpt from Vetusta Monumenta, Quae Ad Rerum Britannicarum Memoriam Conservandam Societas Antiquariorum Londini Sumptu Suo Edenda Curavit, Vol. 5

The ecclesiastical Architecture of England, from the period of the Norman Conquest to that of the Reformation, must be allowed to have exhibited, both in the gradations of its style and the number of its specimens, a rich and boundless variety. Next in importance to our Cathedrals, and with no long interval, ranked the Churches of the Mitred Parliamentary Abbeys, Some of these indeed rivalled in splendou'r and extent the proudest of the Episcopal edifices. The noble structures at Glastonbury; St. Edmonds bury, and St. Alban's, appear, from incontestab'le evidence, to have been of the very first class in point of magnitude and grandeur; while those at Westminster, Peterborough and Gloucester, which happily remain in a perfect state, are elegant and diversified examples of design and embellishment. In general, however, the fate of these buildings has been far less fortunate than that of our Cathedrals. While the latter have almost invariably been preserved with care, and often with taste, (particularly in later times, when a desire of restoring the beauties of our ancient architecture has been strongly excited,) it is painful to remark, that out of twenty-nine great and powerful Monasteries, which conferred on their Abbot the dignity of Peers of Parliament, the churches of but eleven have so far survived the min of their former establishments, as to have divine service performed in them. Even of this small number, very few have escaped mutilation; while, of the remaining eighteen, some have totally disappeared, and others only present a few scattered crumbling fragments, serving merely to gratify the eye of the painter or antiquary, Perhaps it may be neither wholly uninteresting, nor quite irrelevant to the subject of this Essay, to take a' rapid view of the present condition of these once highly distinguished edifices. Many of them, indeed, have already obtained from our Society the advantage of particular notice and illustration; a benefit which might be judiciously extended to such others of them as yet present features worthy of preservation.

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• Verlag: Forgotten Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2018
• ISBN 10: 0656326972
• ISBN 13: 9780656326976
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Sprache: Englisch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 208
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