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 299
erent fromthose of every other ornamented portion of the building, sufficientlyshow; and that such capitals belonged to the doorway of the originalchurch, I can See no solid reason to doubt. The general form of thisdoorway, as re-edified in the pointed style of the fourteenth century,may be seen in… … In the still perfect doorway of another chiu-ch at Clonmacnoisewe have a specimen, which, though but of little interest, as exhibiting 2 N 2 •2H\ INQUIRY INTO THE ORIGIN AND USES oniamem, is worthy of notice hero, as a Avork of tlie close of the tenthcentviry, -wiion tlie power of the Danes in…
Church architecture · Round towers
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