Dunraven, Edwin Richard Windham Wyndham-Quin, Earl of, 1812-1871, Stokes, Margaret, 1832-1900 · London, G. Bell and Sons · leaf 331
l abbey as well as castle. The circular form seems to bethe first chosen in all primitive buildings, and the conical roof is the simplest coveringfor such that can be erected. The churches of Ireland, being but the size of an ordinarycottage of the present day, never could have supported the weight… … Churches and Towers as represented bv Fresco Painters and IlluminatorsOF THE Tenth and Eleventh Centuries. faith and power in Irish Christian architecture, the lofty stronghold, bearing its cross onhigh, was erected in the cemetery, and near the doorway of the church. It has been already observed…
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