Lectures on the rise and development of medieval architecture; vol. 1

LECTURES ON THE RISE AND DEVELOPMENT OF MEDIÆVAL ARCHITECTURE




Fig. 116.—Western Porch, Ely Cathedral.
The restoration of the Vescica Piscis is taken from a print in the British Museum, dated 1730.
Delivered at the Royal Academy By Sir GILBERT SCOTT, R.A., F.S.A., LL.D., Etc. IN TWO VOLUMES—VOL. I. WITH ILLUSTRATIONS LONDON JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET 1879 The right of Translation is reserved.

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Only half of the following Lectures were delivered by me, as the Professor of Architecture , at the Royal Academy. The first seven were delivered while Professor Cockerell held the Chair; but, owing to his infirm state of health, I being then an Associate, was, in conjunction with Mr. Smirke, called in to relieve him of this duty. The eighth and ninth Lectures were prepared six years later, after Mr. Smirke had retired, and those which follow, when I had succeeded him in the Professorship.
The Lectures are naturally somewhat disconnected; and having been written both at various times and for audiences often changing, may be found in some instances to repeat the same facts and ideas, for which, as well as for too great a prolixity of style, I beg to apologise.