The Ecclesiologist, Vol. 8 (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

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Our limits warn us that it is time this article should draw to a close. This it must not do, however, before we have touched upon a matter Of present and practical importance, which naturally connects itself with our remarks - viz.: the contemplated restoration Of the cathedral: and we may as well confess that our selection of topics for commenting upon has been made with more or less Of reference to their hearing upon this subject. If we have been able to detect any characteristic peculiarities in the ecclesiology of this church and district, or in the structure and arrangement Of the cathedral per se - it seems reasonable that those peculiarities should be duly considered in the restoration. One feature which has been dwelt upon as constituting the principal charm of the exterior, is the pyramidal grouping of the whole. It is needless to remark how materially this effect would be aided by the restoration of the transeptal and other roofs. The propriety of restoring these to their original pitch, stands, we conceive, on precisely the same ground as does, 3. 9. That of giving expression to the interior by bringing out the original colour of the Purbeck shafts: it is as truly felt to be a want, as that is.

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