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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 278

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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… … Of the illustrations which follow, the first represents the chevronmoulding on the archivolt, and the second is a section of the pilasters.

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