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Art in Great Britain and Ireland (1909)

Armstrong, Walter, Sir, 1850-1918 · New York, C. Scribner's sons · leaf 39

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e. Upon itare the remains of three oratories, six bee-hive cells, two wells, fiveburial grounds, and many rude stone crosses. The best isolated specimen of the early Irish oratory is that ofGallerus (Fig. 4). It stands, in strangely perfect preservation, onthe north side of Dingle Bay, co. Kerry.… … FIG. 20.—FIGURES ON THE SHRINE OFST. MAGWE. PRIMITIVE ART IN THE BRITISH ISLES may be fairly called architectural. During the period under discus-sion these forms were confined chiefly to doorways, although occa-sionally a window shows the beginnings ofaesthetic ambition. Two characteristic…

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