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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 277

An illustration from 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, leaf 277
s since, Iam enabled to preserve a tole-rable memorial of these inte-resting features. These featuresare confined solely to the in-terior of the east window ofthe chancel,—of which a geo-metrical drawing is given in apreceding i^age,—and a sculp-tm^ed fascia, or frieze, connected with it on either… … 1 254 INQUIRY INTO THE ORIGIN AND USES tures on its interior face Avill be more distinctly seen in the annexedengravings of its details ; of wliicli the two first represent the sculp-tures on the frieze, as drawn by Monsieur Beranger; and I needscarcely add, that they appear obviously to be of…

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