The Comacines, their predecessors and their successors (1910)
Ravenscroft, W. (William), b. 1848 · London : E. Stock · leaf 82
get the round towers,about which so much has been speculated,and which are so strikingly similar to thoseof Ravenna. It may be said that the surface ornament,of which we are chiefly speaking now, wasbut the development of the Runic ornamentof the Scandinavian, the answer to which is :These are… … KNOT-WOKK, ST. NEOTs, XORNWALL.67 The Comacines likely it came to our western shores by directintercourse with Italy. With regard to the question as to how theRound Towers came into Ireland, LeaderScotts book says : In the first place, wherecan similar towers be found dating fromtimes contemporary…
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