A history of architecture in all countries, from the earliest times to the present day (1902)
Fergusson, James, 1808-1886, Spiers, Richard Phené, 1838-1916, Kerr, Robert, 1823-1904 · London, J. Murray · leaf 464
no longer suffices tosupply his daily intellectual wants. These may lead to a considerabledevelopment of cathedral and monastic establishments, but not tothat self-governing parish system which is so congenial to the Saxonmind. View it as we will, the study of the Mediaeval architecture ofIreland… … 898. Cloister, Kilconnel Abbey. alone. All it does tell us is that, from the accidental juxtaposition oftwo antagonistic races, one of them has certainly failed hitherto infulfilling the artistic mission which, under favourable circumstances,it seems eminently qualified to perform. From these…
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