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in the church of St. Mamas, at Morfou, in the ifland of Cyprus. 
See Drummond’s travels. Georgio Vafari, in his proem to the 
lives of the Painters, fays, that in the time of Theodoric, (that 
is, about the year 500) the architeCture in Italy was of that man- 
ner called Tedefco or Teutonic*. And the baptiftery at Pifa, built 
in the year 1063, was fubfequent to the period of Gothic archi- 
teGture in that country, in which, though built in the Grecian 
ftyle, we yet difcover evident traces of the Gothic, which was 
now giving way to a better fafhion: But, at that period, we are 
certain, that the archite@ture in England was not Gothic. And as 
we find the ufe of the pointed arch in countries fo widely diftant, 
we muft look for fome more general principle of its introduction 
than the interfe@tion of Saxon arches. 
8. THE 
* After {peaking of the five Grecian orders, he thus defcribes the ftyle which he calls 
Tedefco: «* There is another fpecies of architeture called Tedefco, which in its orna- 
ments and proportions is very different from the antique and from the modern; nor 
is it ufed at prefent by good architeéts, but is avoided as barbarous and monftrous ; 
being entirely deficient in order, fo that it may be rather called diforder and confufion. 
The doors are ornamented with flender pillars, and twifted like vines; which can- 
not have ftrength to fuftain a weight, however light it may be. And thus by all 
their mouldings and other ornaments, they made a jumble of tabernacles one 
upon another, with fo many pyramids, and points, and leaves, that they are not 
only unable to fuftain a weight, but fcarcely even to ftand; and they have more the 
appearance of being made of cards, than of ftones and marble. And in thefe 
works they made fo many fudden tranfitions, breaks, little brackets, and turns, 
that they marred the proportion of their works; and often went to fuch a height, 
that the top of the door touched the roof. This manner was invented by the 
Goths, who, after they had deftroyed the ancient fabrics, and the architects 
were flain in war, introduced the arches of the fourth point, and filled all Italy 
with this monftrous ftyle of building.” Vafarts Lives of the Painters and Architetts, 
vol, i. p. 65. 
