Evident ignorance or neglect of those who practise Gothic architecture--Faithfulness of others--The styles should be learned from ancient buildings--Our knowledge to be continually revived and added to--Hints to students--The study of Lincoln Cathedral, Canterbury Cathedral, and examples in London--Libraries and museums in London--Foreign travel--Examples in Paris, and other parts of France--Germany, Italy, Spain, etc. etc. Page 290 LECTURE IX. On the Study and Practice of Gothic Architecture. Every-day business and practical work to go on _hand in hand_ with the study of ancient buildings--How best to be accomplished--The study _from books_--Artistic and archæological portions cannot be wholly disconnected--Heraldry--A knowledge of the history of art absolutely necessary for the study of Mediæval architecture--Greek art the parent of Gothic sculpture--Ruined cities of Central Syria--Mahometan styles--Our own form of church the direct inheritance from the earliest Christian temples--Training _as artists_--Choice among specimens of different Mediæval periods and styles--Examples especially recommended--Practical studies of ancient buildings in connection with their _structural_ and _mechanical_ qualities--Vaulting--Timber-work--Stone-work, etc. etc.--The _actual practice_ of Mediæval architecture--The _repairs_ and _restoration_ of ancient buildings Page 331 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS CONTAINED IN VOL. I. FIG. Ely Cathedral. Western Porch _Frontispiece._ PAGE 1-14. Diagrams explanatory of the various systems of Romanesque Vaulting 52-63 15. St. Denis. Interior of one of the Apsidal Chapels 78 16. Do. Exterior of do. 79 17. Do. Part of Capital from do. 79 18. Greek. Acanthus, from the Choragic Monument to Lysicrates, Athens 81 19. Roman Acanthus, from the Temple of Mars Ultor 81 20. St. Denis. Scroll from 82 21. Do. Part of a Cornice 82 22. St. Mark’s, Venice. Capital from the church of 83 23. St. John’s, Constantinople. Do. do. 83 24. St. Frond, Perigueux. Do. do. 83 25. Do. do. Fragment of do. 83 26. Column of Marcion, Constantinople. Capital from 84 27. St. Germain des Pres, Paris. Do. 85 28. Lincoln Cathedral (north-west Portal). Capitals from 85 29-33. Chartres. Enriched shafts from 86