FOOTNOTES:[1]History of Gothic Art in England, by E.S. Prior.[2]There were some British Bishops of London. One of these, Restitutus, was present at the Council of Arles inA.D.314, and Geoffrey mentions Theon, Bishop of London, amongst those who fled into Wales during the Saxon invasion.[3]A pilaster is a column attached to a wall.[4]When the queen was departing he apologised for his poor entertainment, but she replied "Satis" ("sufficient"), from which august reply Watts named his house.[5]Authorities differ as to whether the colouring is ancient or modern. Mr. Palmer, in his recent and valuable history of the Cathedral, pronounces in favour of the latter; but Mr. St. John Hope considers it to be ancient.[6]St. Swithun became bishop in 837; he was "a diligent builder of churches in places where there were none before, and a repairer of those that had been destroyed before." In modern times his name is best known as a weather prophet; according to the tradition that if it is fine or wet on St. Swithun's day (July 15th) the same weather will last for the next forty days. The legend arose from the moving of his body from the lowly grave in the churchyard to its golden shrine in the Cathedral being delayed on account of continued rain.[7]The modern Pevensey.[8]Mr. Micklethwaite considers these remains to have belonged to Ethelred's church.[9]Mr. Micklethwaite believes these apses to have been part of Ethelred's church.[10]Although Mr. Park Harrison's theory is attractive, we are unable to accept all his conclusions as to the pre-Norman character of the details of the church.[11]Froude,Hist. Engl., vi. 468.[12]Prior'sGothic Art.[13]Murray'sCathedrals.[14]Rot. Lit. Clans., 19, Henry III.; quoted by Britton and Murray.[15]Baine'sLancashire, Vol. II., p. 365.[16]We must except Lord Grimthorpe's modern innovations at St. Albans.[17]This swineherd is said to have given a peck of silver pennies to the building of the Cathedral.[18]Page 291.[19]Registrum Primum.[20]The restorers have been very busy here, and most of the windows are imitations of Norman work.[21]Scottish Cathedrals and Abbeys, by M.E. Leicester Addis.
[1]History of Gothic Art in England, by E.S. Prior.
[1]History of Gothic Art in England, by E.S. Prior.
[2]There were some British Bishops of London. One of these, Restitutus, was present at the Council of Arles inA.D.314, and Geoffrey mentions Theon, Bishop of London, amongst those who fled into Wales during the Saxon invasion.
[2]There were some British Bishops of London. One of these, Restitutus, was present at the Council of Arles inA.D.314, and Geoffrey mentions Theon, Bishop of London, amongst those who fled into Wales during the Saxon invasion.
[3]A pilaster is a column attached to a wall.
[3]A pilaster is a column attached to a wall.
[4]When the queen was departing he apologised for his poor entertainment, but she replied "Satis" ("sufficient"), from which august reply Watts named his house.
[4]When the queen was departing he apologised for his poor entertainment, but she replied "Satis" ("sufficient"), from which august reply Watts named his house.
[5]Authorities differ as to whether the colouring is ancient or modern. Mr. Palmer, in his recent and valuable history of the Cathedral, pronounces in favour of the latter; but Mr. St. John Hope considers it to be ancient.
[5]Authorities differ as to whether the colouring is ancient or modern. Mr. Palmer, in his recent and valuable history of the Cathedral, pronounces in favour of the latter; but Mr. St. John Hope considers it to be ancient.
[6]St. Swithun became bishop in 837; he was "a diligent builder of churches in places where there were none before, and a repairer of those that had been destroyed before." In modern times his name is best known as a weather prophet; according to the tradition that if it is fine or wet on St. Swithun's day (July 15th) the same weather will last for the next forty days. The legend arose from the moving of his body from the lowly grave in the churchyard to its golden shrine in the Cathedral being delayed on account of continued rain.
[6]St. Swithun became bishop in 837; he was "a diligent builder of churches in places where there were none before, and a repairer of those that had been destroyed before." In modern times his name is best known as a weather prophet; according to the tradition that if it is fine or wet on St. Swithun's day (July 15th) the same weather will last for the next forty days. The legend arose from the moving of his body from the lowly grave in the churchyard to its golden shrine in the Cathedral being delayed on account of continued rain.
[7]The modern Pevensey.
[7]The modern Pevensey.
[8]Mr. Micklethwaite considers these remains to have belonged to Ethelred's church.
[8]Mr. Micklethwaite considers these remains to have belonged to Ethelred's church.
[9]Mr. Micklethwaite believes these apses to have been part of Ethelred's church.
[9]Mr. Micklethwaite believes these apses to have been part of Ethelred's church.
[10]Although Mr. Park Harrison's theory is attractive, we are unable to accept all his conclusions as to the pre-Norman character of the details of the church.
[10]Although Mr. Park Harrison's theory is attractive, we are unable to accept all his conclusions as to the pre-Norman character of the details of the church.
[11]Froude,Hist. Engl., vi. 468.
[11]Froude,Hist. Engl., vi. 468.
[12]Prior'sGothic Art.
[12]Prior'sGothic Art.
[13]Murray'sCathedrals.
[13]Murray'sCathedrals.
[14]Rot. Lit. Clans., 19, Henry III.; quoted by Britton and Murray.
[14]Rot. Lit. Clans., 19, Henry III.; quoted by Britton and Murray.
[15]Baine'sLancashire, Vol. II., p. 365.
[15]Baine'sLancashire, Vol. II., p. 365.
[16]We must except Lord Grimthorpe's modern innovations at St. Albans.
[16]We must except Lord Grimthorpe's modern innovations at St. Albans.
[17]This swineherd is said to have given a peck of silver pennies to the building of the Cathedral.
[17]This swineherd is said to have given a peck of silver pennies to the building of the Cathedral.
[18]Page 291.
[18]Page 291.
[19]Registrum Primum.
[19]Registrum Primum.
[20]The restorers have been very busy here, and most of the windows are imitations of Norman work.
[20]The restorers have been very busy here, and most of the windows are imitations of Norman work.
[21]Scottish Cathedrals and Abbeys, by M.E. Leicester Addis.
[21]Scottish Cathedrals and Abbeys, by M.E. Leicester Addis.
Abacus.—The uppermost division of the capital, or head of a column, originally square and plain, in later styles more or less decorated with moulding, and in the Early English and Decorated periods generally circular or polygonal. In classic architecture it supported the horizontal superstructure of the entablature, but in Gothic architecture the arch rises directly from it.Apse.—The round or polygonal end of a chancel.Architrave.—The lowest division of the entablature in classic architecture; ornamental moulding round the exterior curve of an arch or round the openings of doors and windows, etc.Ashlar.—Hewn stone.Aumbrey or Almery.—A cupboard for containing the sacred vessels.Ball-Flower Moulding.—Ornament resembling a ball enclosed in a globular flower of three petals.Baluster.—A small turned wooden pillar, generally circular.Bay.—The compartment of a church formed by the buttresses or pilasters on the walls, the main arches or pillars, the ribs of the vaulting, or other features which separate the building into corresponding portions.Campanile.—A bell tower.Cavetto.—A concave moulding of a quarter of a circle, used in classical and other styles of architecture.Chamfer.—To cut off angles.Clerestory or Clear-Story.—An upper storey, or row of windows in a Gothic church; so called to distinguish it from the blind-storey, or triforium.Corbel.—A projecting stone or piece of timber supporting a weight.Corbel-Table.—A row of corbels.Credence.—A small table or shelf near the altar on which the bread and wine were placed before they were consecrated.Crocket.—A bunch of projecting flowers or foliage decorating pinnacles, arches, etc.Cusps.—The projecting points in Gothic tracery, or inside an arch; sometimes worked at the ends with leaves, flowers, or heads.Dog-Tooth Moulding.—Ornaments usually consisting of four plain leaves, arranged so as to form a point.Dripstone.—Projecting tablet or moulding over heads of archways, windows, doorways, etc.Fan-Vaulting.—Vaulting in which the ribs rise with the same curve and diverge equally in every direction from the springing of the vault.Finial.—A foliated ornament ending a pinnacle or gable, etc.Flamboyant.—A name given to Late Decorated style of architecture from the flame-like wavings of its tracery.Gargoyle.—A projecting spout, often carved in a grotesque form.Groin.—The angle formed by the intersection of vaults.Herring-Bone Work.—Masonry in which the stones are placed aslant, forming a fish-bone pattern.Jamb.—The side of a window or door, etc.Miserere.—A projecting bracket on the under side of the seats of stalls, which were made to turn up; the monks were allowed to lean on these brackets during the long services, which were performed standing.Mullion.—Perpendicular bar between the lights of windows in Gothic architecture.Nail-headed Moulding.—Moulding in imitation of ornamental nail-heads.Newell.—The column round which a spiral staircase winds.Ogee.—A moulding partly concave and partly convex, forming a round and a hollow. Term also applied to an arch formed of contrasted curves.Orders.—The recesses of a divided arch.Parvise.—A small room over the porch.Pilaster.—A pillar, sometimes disengaged but generally attached to a wall.Piscina.—A basin attached to the wall near the altar of a church, where the priest washed his hands and rinsed the chalice.Plate-Tracery.—Tracery which appears as if formed by piercing a flat surface with ornamental patterns.Plinth.—The lowest division of the base of a column, or projecting face at the bottom of a wall.Presbytery.—The part of a church where the high altar stands.Reredos.—A screen at the back of an altar.Rood-Loft.—A gallery over the screen separating the nave from the chancel, on which the great cross orroodwas fixed.Sedilia.—The seats for the officiating clergy.Soffit.—The under side of an arch, cornice, etc.Spandrel.—The triangular space between arches.Splay.—The expansion given to windows and other openings by slanting the sides.Springing.—The point at which an arch unites with its support.Squint.—An oblique opening in the wall of a church.Stoup.—A vessel or stone basin formed in the wall, serving as a receptacle for holy water.String-Course.—A horizontal moulding running along a wall.Transom.—A horizontal cross-bar in a window.Triforium.—A gallery in the wall over the arches which separates the body of the church from the aisles.Tympanum.—The space above the horizontal opening of a doorway and the arch above; the space between an arch and the triangular drip-stone or hood-mould which surmounts it.
Abacus.—The uppermost division of the capital, or head of a column, originally square and plain, in later styles more or less decorated with moulding, and in the Early English and Decorated periods generally circular or polygonal. In classic architecture it supported the horizontal superstructure of the entablature, but in Gothic architecture the arch rises directly from it.
Apse.—The round or polygonal end of a chancel.
Architrave.—The lowest division of the entablature in classic architecture; ornamental moulding round the exterior curve of an arch or round the openings of doors and windows, etc.
Ashlar.—Hewn stone.
Aumbrey or Almery.—A cupboard for containing the sacred vessels.
Ball-Flower Moulding.—Ornament resembling a ball enclosed in a globular flower of three petals.
Baluster.—A small turned wooden pillar, generally circular.
Bay.—The compartment of a church formed by the buttresses or pilasters on the walls, the main arches or pillars, the ribs of the vaulting, or other features which separate the building into corresponding portions.
Campanile.—A bell tower.
Cavetto.—A concave moulding of a quarter of a circle, used in classical and other styles of architecture.
Chamfer.—To cut off angles.
Clerestory or Clear-Story.—An upper storey, or row of windows in a Gothic church; so called to distinguish it from the blind-storey, or triforium.
Corbel.—A projecting stone or piece of timber supporting a weight.
Corbel-Table.—A row of corbels.
Credence.—A small table or shelf near the altar on which the bread and wine were placed before they were consecrated.
Crocket.—A bunch of projecting flowers or foliage decorating pinnacles, arches, etc.
Cusps.—The projecting points in Gothic tracery, or inside an arch; sometimes worked at the ends with leaves, flowers, or heads.
Dog-Tooth Moulding.—Ornaments usually consisting of four plain leaves, arranged so as to form a point.
Dripstone.—Projecting tablet or moulding over heads of archways, windows, doorways, etc.
Fan-Vaulting.—Vaulting in which the ribs rise with the same curve and diverge equally in every direction from the springing of the vault.
Finial.—A foliated ornament ending a pinnacle or gable, etc.
Flamboyant.—A name given to Late Decorated style of architecture from the flame-like wavings of its tracery.
Gargoyle.—A projecting spout, often carved in a grotesque form.
Groin.—The angle formed by the intersection of vaults.
Herring-Bone Work.—Masonry in which the stones are placed aslant, forming a fish-bone pattern.
Jamb.—The side of a window or door, etc.
Miserere.—A projecting bracket on the under side of the seats of stalls, which were made to turn up; the monks were allowed to lean on these brackets during the long services, which were performed standing.
Mullion.—Perpendicular bar between the lights of windows in Gothic architecture.
Nail-headed Moulding.—Moulding in imitation of ornamental nail-heads.
Newell.—The column round which a spiral staircase winds.
Ogee.—A moulding partly concave and partly convex, forming a round and a hollow. Term also applied to an arch formed of contrasted curves.
Orders.—The recesses of a divided arch.
Parvise.—A small room over the porch.
Pilaster.—A pillar, sometimes disengaged but generally attached to a wall.
Piscina.—A basin attached to the wall near the altar of a church, where the priest washed his hands and rinsed the chalice.
Plate-Tracery.—Tracery which appears as if formed by piercing a flat surface with ornamental patterns.
Plinth.—The lowest division of the base of a column, or projecting face at the bottom of a wall.
Presbytery.—The part of a church where the high altar stands.
Reredos.—A screen at the back of an altar.
Rood-Loft.—A gallery over the screen separating the nave from the chancel, on which the great cross orroodwas fixed.
Sedilia.—The seats for the officiating clergy.
Soffit.—The under side of an arch, cornice, etc.
Spandrel.—The triangular space between arches.
Splay.—The expansion given to windows and other openings by slanting the sides.
Springing.—The point at which an arch unites with its support.
Squint.—An oblique opening in the wall of a church.
Stoup.—A vessel or stone basin formed in the wall, serving as a receptacle for holy water.
String-Course.—A horizontal moulding running along a wall.
Transom.—A horizontal cross-bar in a window.
Triforium.—A gallery in the wall over the arches which separates the body of the church from the aisles.
Tympanum.—The space above the horizontal opening of a doorway and the arch above; the space between an arch and the triangular drip-stone or hood-mould which surmounts it.
Transcriber's NotesPunctuation and spelling errors and inconsistent hyphenation have been corrected.In ambiguous cases, the text has been left as it appears in the original book.
Punctuation and spelling errors and inconsistent hyphenation have been corrected.
In ambiguous cases, the text has been left as it appears in the original book.