LECTURE XI.

Early Architecture in Great Britain--_continued_.

Architecture of the Normans--St. Stephen’s at Caen--Canterbury

Cathedral modelled on that of St. Stephen’s--Description of the

Norman church built by the Confessor at Westminster _before the

Conquest_--Instances of Anglo-Saxon architecture being used _after

the Conquest_--Characteristics of the Norman style--Varieties of

combination--Doors, windows, archways, arcades, and vaulting--Minor

details--Mechanical ideal of a great Norman church--Vast scale and

number of works undertaken by the early Norman builders Page 60

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