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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 307

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feet six inches. The chancel arch, which is less distinguished for ornament thanthe doorway, is also triple-faced, or formed of three concentric andrecessed arches on its Avestern face, and is double-faced on its easternor inner side; but the arches consist simply of square-edged rib-work, and the…

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