ANGLO-SAXON AND NORMAN ARCHITECTURE. 13 
emperors and ornaments of Oriental character constantly 
found in Norway,) or by Theodore, a native of Tarsus, in 
Cilicia, who was appointed primate of England by Pope 
Vitalian about the end of the seventh or the beginning of 
the eighth century. 
But it may perhaps be said all this may be very 
true, but what practical good can arise from the study 
of such a rude style of architecture. I will mention 
a fact which I am sure will be sufficient to satisfy any 
archzologist that great practical good might arise from 
a more particular study of the Romanesque styles. Some 
time since I had occasion to apply to a very learned 
ecclesiologist for information as to the date of the earliest 
known specimen of a lychnoscope or low side-window, 
and the answer I received was that he had seen one ina 
Romanesque building. Now my object was to find, if 
possible, some ritual observance, the introduction of which 
about the time of the earliest known lychnoscope, might 
perhaps have thrown light upon the intention of those 
mysterious apertures; but for this purpose his answer, 
taking in asit did a period of full 500 years, was mani- 
festly useless. 
I fear I have handled a subject, to master which requires 
learning, in a very unlearned manner. I have felt all 
along that I was in danger of getting beyond my depth, 
Whether I have escaped that danger or not I am by no 
means certain ; but should I have been the means of 
drawing the attention of any one to Saxon remains, and 
by so doing should elicit a few communications on the 
subject, my object will in great measure be obtained; for 
archzological induction can only be satisfactorily drawn 
from the knowledge of many facts, which can hardly be 
obtained by the unaided exertions of a few individuals, 
however zealous they may be in their antiquarian re- 
searches. 
