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Title: An introduction to the study of Gothic architecture
Year: 1877 (1870s)
Authors: Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884
Subjects: Architecture, Gothic
Publisher: Oxford: J. Parker and Co.
Contributing Library: Getty Research Institute
Digitizing Sponsor: Getty Research Institute

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henticated example of the change of style in Englandwhich we possess, and it enables us to fix a precise date to thisgreat change; it serves as a type for very many others whichwere being carried on simultaneously, or soon after. The con-trast drawn by Gervase between the old church and the newone has been already quoted in describing the earlier Normanwork, and need nothere be repeated. Itwill be sufficient tosay that the masonryand the sculpture inthe new work areboth excellent, andthat the peculiar or-nament known bythe name of the*tooth-ornamentoccurs abundantlyin the new work:the mouldings, es-pecially of the bases,are almost of pureEarly English cha-racter. The hall of Oak-ham Castle, Eutland-shire (72), built byWalkelin de Ferrers,between 1165 and1191, is an excellentspecimen of trans-itional work. Itretains a great dealof the Norman cha-racter, but late andrich: the capitals are very similar to some of those at Canter-bury, and more like French work than the usual English cha-
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72. Oakham Castle, Rutlandsliire.Transitional Capital. OR THE PERIOD OF TRANSITION. 97 racter; the tooth-ornament is freely introduced; the windowsare round-headed within and pointed without, with good shaftsin the jambs, and the tooth-ornament down each side of theshafts. St. Frideswide Church, now Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford,is a fine example of late Norman and transitional work of early-character. It was consecrated in 1180, and was probably build-ing for about twenty years previously: the confirmation, byPope Hadrian IV. (Breakspeare, the only English Pope), of thecharters granting the Saxon monastery of St. Frideswide to theNorman monks was not obtained until 1158, and it is not pro-bable that they began to rebuild their church until their pro-perty was secured. The Prior at this period was Hobert ofCricklade, called Canutus, a man of considerable eminence,some of whose writings were in existence in the time of Leland.Under his superintendence the church was entirely rebuilt

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