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260 260 SPANISH ARCHITECTURE. Part II. seem, like that at Segovia (Woodcut Ko. 702), to have been built by the Templars in imitation of the church at Jerusalem, and used by them, and them only. The idea of a circular ceremonial church attached to a rectangular " ecclesia," does not appear to have entered into Spanish arrangements. As before remarked, the sepulchres of the original people of Spain do not seem to have been sufficiently important to lead to any considerable development of this form iu the Christian times. Middle Pointed Spanish Style. While the early style described in the last chapter was gradually working itself into somethino; original and na- tional, its course was turned nside by a fresh iiu- jtortation of French designs in the beginning of the 13th cen- tury. Before the Germans had made up their minds by build- ing the Cathe- dral of Cologne to surpass the grandest designs of the French architects, the Spaniards had already planned a cathedral on a scale larger than any at- tempted even in France. The great church at Toledo was com- menced in 1227, seven years 704. Plan of Cathedral at Toledo. (From " Moiiumentos Archi- nftpv A tit i p n s tectoricos d'Espana.") Scale 100 ft. to 1 iu. dimi xx ui j. c ii a and Salisbury cathedrals had been determined upon. The plan is certainly of that