The ecclesiastical architecture of Ireland, anterior to the Anglo-Norman invasion; comprising an essay on the origin and uses of the round towers of Ireland, which obtained the gold medal and prize of the Royal Irish Academy (1845)
Petrie, George, 1789-1866 · Dublin : Hodges and Smith · leaf 262
igures, like that already de-scribed on the eastern shaft of the outerarchway; and the intermediate spacesare ornamented with crosses, formedby a check in alternate depression andrelief, as shown in the annexed engraving.The architrave of this archway presents a simple round moulding,with angular… … OF THE ROUND TOWERS OF IRELAND. ■239 should be afraid to veuture on ascribing its erection to the time ofSt. Mochua, the original founder and patron saint of Timahoe, whoflourished, not indeed in the fifth century, as Archdall erroneouslystates, but in the sixth,—yet it will, I think, be seen that…
Church architecture · Round towers
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