Irish Ecclesiastical Architecture: With Some Notice of Similar Or Related Work in England, Scotland, and Elsewhere

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G. Bell & Sons, Limited, 1910 - 258 páginas

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Página xxvii - Saint Cuthbert, with an Account of the State in which his remains were found upon the opening of his Tomb in Durham Cathedral, 1827.
Página 221 - ... works on the sculpture of the south of France has been noticed in a previous chapter4. There can be no doubt that it made itself felt also within our shores. Nor must we forget the effect which would be produced by the Byzantine paintings which were brought hither from 1 Corpus vero ejus (se.
Página 186 - Ages, but such fragments as do exist show marked variations from the contemporary style in England. Such battlements, for instance, as those which crown the tower of Jerpoint Abbey are identical with many found in the North of Italy, but very unlike anything either in England or Scotland, and give a foreign look to the whole building which is very striking.
Página 218 - I receaued this morning a ston from my lord of Arundell sent him from my lord William ; it was the head of a Cross at Bewcastell.
Página 25 - Uladh, of Cill Melchedair, near the shore of the sea, to the west of Brandon Hill. He was of the race of Fiatach Finn, Monarch of Erin.
Página 213 - Great, as he is called, about the end of the sixth, or the beginning of the seventh century...
Página 32 - O'Killen we have the stones well bedded in mortar. The archaistic and so-called Cyclopean character of this masonry, especially in the limestone districts, is very striking, even though cement be used. The great stones, varying from ten and even seventeen feet to eight and six feet in length, are often...

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