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 322
ar arches, which, by formingacute arches, gave, in England, according to the ingenious theory sozealously advocated by the late Dr.Milner, the first suggestion of thepointed style of architecture, and which was afterwards so generallyadopted in Europe, and refined into a beautiful and… … have only alluded to it here in consequence of the cotemporaneousexample which this capital affords of an acquaintance with this form OF THE ROUND TOWERS OF IRELAND. 299 in Ireland, and which is the more curious inasnuich as no exampleof its architectural use occurs in this country. Similar…
Church architecture · Round towers
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