Irish ecclesiastical architecture, with some notice of similar or related work in England, Scotland and elsewhere (1910)
Champneys, Arthur Charles · London: G. Bell and Sons, Ltd. · leaf 428
the cloisters at Sligo, in the cloisters of Bective Abbey, andin a church on Saints Island in Lough Ree). The sparing use of orna-ment allows it its full effect by contrast with the plain work; it also givesan impression of reticence, avoiding that tendency of some late work inEngland to crowd… … Pl. CII w X o Q a: H a cz; r\ C^^i
Church architecture · Round towers · Decoration and ornament
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