ALLEGORICAL SUBJECT--with Figures and Tomes SARGENT. EVANS. 331
VIEW OF THE CASTLE OF ARUNDEL, from a new Point ARCHER. GILKS. 335
KNIGHT IN ARMOUR 336
SCROLL-HEAD, illustrative of Arundel Castle--West Gateway--“Owl and
Swallow” HERMAN. DELAMOTTE. 337
THE BARON’S HALL--Minstrelsy in the Olden Time--SYR BEVIS ARCHER. DALZIEL. 338
VIGNETTE--TILTING HELMET, SWORD, AND SHIELD 341
PISCINA IN ABBEY CHURCH, St. Albans, referred to in the Text PRIOR. JACKSON. 343
ANCIENT ARMOUR OF ELTHAM HALL--“THE DUKE’S STUDY” ARCHER. DALZIEL. 345
DISCOVERY OF HAROLD’S BODY, after the Battle of Hastings, by his Mistress,
“Edith with the Swan’s neck” ARCHER. DALZIEL. 348
HEAD OF KING CHARLES I. as Prisoner in Carisbrooke Castle LAW. JACKSON. 350
THE ABBOT OF NETLEY’S MITRE AND CROSIER SARGENT. EVANS. 352
<g>List of Illustrations.</g>
ALLEGORICAL VIGNETTE SARGENT. EVANS. v
ARMS AND ABBATIAL TROPHIES OF ST. ALBANS HERMAN. DELAMOTTE. vii
ARCHITECTURAL SCROLL-HEAD AND TROPHIES OF ELTHAM HALL HERMAN. DELAMOTTE. viii
MILITARY SCROLL AND ARMS OF ROCHESTER CASTLE HERMAN. DELAMOTTE. ix
SCROLL-HEAD, WITH ARMS AND TROPHIES OF TEWKESBURY ABBEY HERMAN. DELAMOTTE. x
MILITARY TROPHIES OF KENILWORTH, with the Arms of Robert Earl of Leicester
HERMAN. DELAMOTTE. xi
SCROLL, WITH THE SHRINE OF THE HOLY CROSS, WALTHAM ABBEY HERMAN. DELAMOTTE. xii
SCROLL-HEAD AND GATEWAY, with the Royal Crown and Arms HERMAN. DELAMOTTE. xiii
ALLEGORICAL HEADING OF NETLEY ABBEY HERMAN. DELAMOTTE. xiv
<g>Fínís.</g> VIGNETTE--CHRONICLES OF ENGLAND SARGENT. EVANS. xv
<g>Architectural Letters.</g>
A, characteristic of ARUNDEL.
S, “ ST. ALBANS.
E, “ ELTHAM.
R, “ ROCHESTER.
T, “ TEWKESBURY.
K, “ KENILWORTH.
W, “ WALTHAM.
C, “ CARISBROOKE.
N, “ NETLEY.
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De tout usage antique amateur idolâtre;
De toute nouveauté frondeur opiniâtre;
Homme d’un autre siècle, et ne suivant en tout
Pour tou qu’un vieux honneur, pour loi que le vieux goût:
Cerveau des plus bornés qui, tenant pour maxime
Qu’un seigneur de paroisse est un être sublime!--
On n’imagine pas combien il se respecte,
Ivre de son château dont il est l’architecte.--GRESSET, _Le Châtelain_.
---- Enraptured have I loved to roam,
A lingering votary, the vaulted dome,
Where the tall shafts, that mount in massy pride,
Their mingling branches shoot from side to side;
Where elfin Sculptors, with fantastic clew,
O’er the long roof their wild embroidery drew;
Where Superstition, with capricious hand,
In many a maze the wreathed window plann’d,
With hues romantic tinged the gorgeous pane,
To fill with holy light the wondrous fane!
[Illustration:
Designed by Lonsdale. Painted by Backler. Engraved by Allen.
_Signing of the Magna Charta by King John._