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 304
USES triiincjular, or straiglit-sidcd arch. Tlic cliancel arch, which is whollywithout ornament, lias incUned jambs and chamfered imposts, andmeasures in height eiglit feet six inches from the floor to tlie vertexof the arch, and in breadth about four feet six inches, immediatelybelow the imposts.… … \«.^-^^j[jJ^Mi_ >^m 3^~^.:»«^N\ % as its ornaments are very different in character from those found onbuildings which I wovdd assign to the tenth and eleventh centuries,it would militate very much against such conclusions if this churchcould be proved to be of Brian Borumhas time. But, as I have…
Church architecture · Round towers
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