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 425
hese scidptures,as leading to a digression that would be somewliat irrelevant here,and which I therefore reserve for the Tliird Part of tliis Work. Havmg premised thus much, relative to the general form andconstraction of tlie Towers, I liave next to notice their details ; andof these the doorways… … masonry and large hammered stones, and Avhich present simple qua-di-angular and semickcular-arched doorways, with slopmg jambs, and 3 F 402 INQUIRY INTO THE ORIGIN AND USES little or no oniameut, perfectly similar to the doorways of the earliestchurches. As an example of the quadrangular doorway,…
Church architecture · Round towers
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