THE SIIRINE OF ST. ALBAN. 211 It seems clear, liowever, that the early-looking details must give way to those Avhich have a late character ; as it is easy to follow an early fashion after its general relin- quishment, but next to impossible to anticipate a fashion before its establishment. The evidence, therefore, seems to me to point to a later date than that of De Marinis, who died in the very year in which he is said to have carried out this work. My own impression is that he might have so far com- menced it, or ordered it to be commenced, as to have the credit of beino; its author ; but its execution must have been in reality long delayed. I should attribute it to Evensden, who succeeded De Marinis, and held the Abbacy till 1326, and I should suppose the work not to have been com- pleted till close upon the last-named period Geo. Gilbert Scott. Sub-base and triple iiilLir. Sec i -205.
