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Article EARLY CHRISTIAN ARCHITECTURE IN IRELAND.* ← Page 2 of 4 →
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Early Christian Architecture In Ireland.*
Tbe early Christian Architecture seems to have been very simple ; but in the tenth century a reviA'al or restoration took place , which seems to run from 966 to 1008 , or thereabouts . It is to this period that Mrs . Stokes attributes the round towers either as towers of shelter and defence against tbe "Northerns , " or as bell towers , campaniles , ancl a quotation is given from the famous architect , " Viollet le Due , " in favour of such a theory . We , who have read
AVEST FRONT OF ST . CEONAJi'S , ROSCREA . the older controversies on the subject , may be excused , we think , if , despite the undoubtedl y clear ancl matter-of-fact statement of the writer , we suspend our judgment . It is just possible that tbe revivers ancl restorers of the tenth century ted cl
adop anadapted the remains of a vanished civilization ; for , curiousl y enough , little is yet known as to the Irish origin , and the " oghamio " inscriptions are still a mystery . As to their nationalit y , St . Patrick and his
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Early Christian Architecture In Ireland.*
Tbe early Christian Architecture seems to have been very simple ; but in the tenth century a reviA'al or restoration took place , which seems to run from 966 to 1008 , or thereabouts . It is to this period that Mrs . Stokes attributes the round towers either as towers of shelter and defence against tbe "Northerns , " or as bell towers , campaniles , ancl a quotation is given from the famous architect , " Viollet le Due , " in favour of such a theory . We , who have read
AVEST FRONT OF ST . CEONAJi'S , ROSCREA . the older controversies on the subject , may be excused , we think , if , despite the undoubtedl y clear ancl matter-of-fact statement of the writer , we suspend our judgment . It is just possible that tbe revivers ancl restorers of the tenth century ted cl
adop anadapted the remains of a vanished civilization ; for , curiousl y enough , little is yet known as to the Irish origin , and the " oghamio " inscriptions are still a mystery . As to their nationalit y , St . Patrick and his