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On The Legend Of The Holy Or San Graal;
It may have been the inspiration of this poem Avhich , in 1356 , induced the emperor Charles IV . to build , in his castle of Carlstein , near Prague , a chapel , as the depository of the Czechian regalia , which , only inferior in size , seems to haA f e equalled in gorgeous decorations and interior splendour the Avildest fancies of the poet . It is described as not only profusely decorated
Avith jaspers , onyx , cornelians , and all the other costly marbles , but spangled along its roofs and walls with pearls , and emeralds , and other stones of great value : its very Avindows were diaphonous gems of different hues , to give the appearance of windows '"' 'in painted livery dight , " set in gilded frames . In later times this splendour of decoration has been followed with greater taste
by the ex-king Ludwig of BaA aria , in a chapel attached to the neAV royal palace at Miinchen , and with greater success in the unrivalled basilica , which his piety and munificence has raised to the memory of our English Winifred of Crediton , under his more distinguished title of St . Bonificace , in requital for the benefits of Christianity and civilization , Avhich the missionary
labours of his life conferred on Germany . The beautiful frescoes , representing numerous scenes of the life and laboru's of the saint , should be visited by every Englishman Avho enters Bavaria ; and copies of their great Avork , by Wilhelm Hess , Schraudorff , and others , engraved by some English public body , presented to that monarch , would be a graceful and suitable acknoAvledgment . It would be a fitting undertaking for the Art Union .
Were I desired to name any building m Britain , setting aside the palace of Windsor Castle with its round tower , which we are told once went by the name of " the round table , " but never seems to have been a consecrated building , I should cite the Castle at Ludlow , in Shropshire , as it must have been in its splendour , when , as the frequent residence of our English
monarchs , and subsequently the permanent stronghold of the lords of the marshes and the principality , this extended range of spacious halls , now roofless and in ruins , Avas doubtless fitted up with all that luxury required , or unbounded means could furnish . I should , in naming it , picture to myself the time Avhen the liberality and taste of its lords could furnish Milton
Avith the means and a scene for one of his most imaginative creations—his ' * Comns ; " but most of all should I keep in vieAV the curious and unique rotunda of the chapel , to bear out my parallel . The ground plan of the edifice might almost be laid down upon the model given in " Titurel , " could we suppose for a moment that the Teuton ' s poem could have been known in England AVBPU it had been forgotten by his OAVH countrymen .
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On The Legend Of The Holy Or San Graal;
It may have been the inspiration of this poem Avhich , in 1356 , induced the emperor Charles IV . to build , in his castle of Carlstein , near Prague , a chapel , as the depository of the Czechian regalia , which , only inferior in size , seems to haA f e equalled in gorgeous decorations and interior splendour the Avildest fancies of the poet . It is described as not only profusely decorated
Avith jaspers , onyx , cornelians , and all the other costly marbles , but spangled along its roofs and walls with pearls , and emeralds , and other stones of great value : its very Avindows were diaphonous gems of different hues , to give the appearance of windows '"' 'in painted livery dight , " set in gilded frames . In later times this splendour of decoration has been followed with greater taste
by the ex-king Ludwig of BaA aria , in a chapel attached to the neAV royal palace at Miinchen , and with greater success in the unrivalled basilica , which his piety and munificence has raised to the memory of our English Winifred of Crediton , under his more distinguished title of St . Bonificace , in requital for the benefits of Christianity and civilization , Avhich the missionary
labours of his life conferred on Germany . The beautiful frescoes , representing numerous scenes of the life and laboru's of the saint , should be visited by every Englishman Avho enters Bavaria ; and copies of their great Avork , by Wilhelm Hess , Schraudorff , and others , engraved by some English public body , presented to that monarch , would be a graceful and suitable acknoAvledgment . It would be a fitting undertaking for the Art Union .
Were I desired to name any building m Britain , setting aside the palace of Windsor Castle with its round tower , which we are told once went by the name of " the round table , " but never seems to have been a consecrated building , I should cite the Castle at Ludlow , in Shropshire , as it must have been in its splendour , when , as the frequent residence of our English
monarchs , and subsequently the permanent stronghold of the lords of the marshes and the principality , this extended range of spacious halls , now roofless and in ruins , Avas doubtless fitted up with all that luxury required , or unbounded means could furnish . I should , in naming it , picture to myself the time Avhen the liberality and taste of its lords could furnish Milton
Avith the means and a scene for one of his most imaginative creations—his ' * Comns ; " but most of all should I keep in vieAV the curious and unique rotunda of the chapel , to bear out my parallel . The ground plan of the edifice might almost be laid down upon the model given in " Titurel , " could we suppose for a moment that the Teuton ' s poem could have been known in England AVBPU it had been forgotten by his OAVH countrymen .