Dunraven, Edwin Richard Windham Wyndham-Quin, Earl of, 1812-1871, Stokes, Margaret, 1832-1900 · London, G. Bell and Sons · leaf 185
y effaced. The square apse at the end of the chancel is ascended by one step ; in the corners ofthe floor of this small compartment are the bases of the columns on which the altar appearsto have rested.^ There is an interesting contrivance by which the suns rays could bemade to strike on the altar… … Chancel, Cormacs Chapel. from columns, the two centre ones being decorated, one with spiral, the other with zigzagmouldings. The panels here show traces of colouring also. It has been surmised thatthis small compartment, which we have termed an apse, may have been designed fora bishops throne and…
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