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Article EARLY CHRISTIAN ARCHITECTURE IN IRELAND.* ← Page 3 of 4 →
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Early Christian Architecture In Ireland.*
companions seem to have come from Gaul , and there is much , the writer says , that is Gaulish or Gallic in the architectural arrangements and remains . Be that as it may , the subsequent development of Irish , Arcliitecture is botb very effective and very striking . No one can look upon it without feelings of warm admiration , and our only regret can be that so few authentic evidences remain to tell ns whose skill directed and whose labours reared the still
touchingruins we see on every side . If the writer is correct , civilization in Ireland is late , commencing in the third and fourth era of Christianit y ; but it is quite clear either that to St . Patrick we owe the first spread of religion ancl art , or that there hacl been earlier settlers and preachers and artificers in Ireland . Indeed , the very able writer of this book seems to agree in thisand to hold with the old
, traditions that before St Patrick hacl Bade the frogs jump out of the hogs Ancl banished all the vannint ,
KII-LBSPIN -DOOEWAY . still earlier witnesses of truth , still earlier messengers of civilization had landed in ancl occupied Ireland . We have thus skimmed over a most interesting bookAA'hich Ave recommend
, to our readers to get ancl peruse , especially all who delight in the study of architecture . All such researches are and ought to be valued b y tbe cultured student Freemason to-day , as everything Avhich throws light on the history or labours of those operative bands who once permeated and dominated Europe with the wondrous evidences of their constructive skill will be welcomed hy many amongst us .
No greater evil has ever befallen our fraternity , than that which links it to a merely convivial order , or relegates it to the unwelcome " limbo " of hasty and uncritical essays , crude in conception , unsound in theory , unveraoious in fact . But tbe study of all such works as these seems to betoken a neAV era for , and to throw lig ht on , the past annals of Freemasonry ; ancl therefore it
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Early Christian Architecture In Ireland.*
companions seem to have come from Gaul , and there is much , the writer says , that is Gaulish or Gallic in the architectural arrangements and remains . Be that as it may , the subsequent development of Irish , Arcliitecture is botb very effective and very striking . No one can look upon it without feelings of warm admiration , and our only regret can be that so few authentic evidences remain to tell ns whose skill directed and whose labours reared the still
touchingruins we see on every side . If the writer is correct , civilization in Ireland is late , commencing in the third and fourth era of Christianit y ; but it is quite clear either that to St . Patrick we owe the first spread of religion ancl art , or that there hacl been earlier settlers and preachers and artificers in Ireland . Indeed , the very able writer of this book seems to agree in thisand to hold with the old
, traditions that before St Patrick hacl Bade the frogs jump out of the hogs Ancl banished all the vannint ,
KII-LBSPIN -DOOEWAY . still earlier witnesses of truth , still earlier messengers of civilization had landed in ancl occupied Ireland . We have thus skimmed over a most interesting bookAA'hich Ave recommend
, to our readers to get ancl peruse , especially all who delight in the study of architecture . All such researches are and ought to be valued b y tbe cultured student Freemason to-day , as everything Avhich throws light on the history or labours of those operative bands who once permeated and dominated Europe with the wondrous evidences of their constructive skill will be welcomed hy many amongst us .
No greater evil has ever befallen our fraternity , than that which links it to a merely convivial order , or relegates it to the unwelcome " limbo " of hasty and uncritical essays , crude in conception , unsound in theory , unveraoious in fact . But tbe study of all such works as these seems to betoken a neAV era for , and to throw lig ht on , the past annals of Freemasonry ; ancl therefore it