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 432
hes the doorway presents the usual horizontal head,and the whole masomy of the church is in a ruder style, and com- 408 INQUIRY INTO THE ORIGIN AND USES posed of tlie limestone of tlie country. It may not, therefore, beconsidered an improbable conjectiu-e, if Ave assign tlie erection of tliisTower… … the representation of our Saviour crucified, wliich is found on boththe crosses, might be deemed a suificient evidence, for I do not knowof any examples of such representation of a date anterior to thatperiod; but we have fortunately, in an inscription carved on one ofthese crosses, a sufficiently…
Church architecture · Round towers
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