The ecclesiastical architecture of Ireland, anterior to the Anglo-Norman invasion : comprising an essay on the origin and uses of the round towers of Ireland, which obtained the gold medal and prize of the Royal Irish Academy / by George Petrie, R.H.A., V.P.R.I.A.
Dublin: Hodges and Smith, Grafton-Street, MDCCCXLV
Series Title
Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy.: v. 20
General Note
"Originally written for, and presented to the Royal Irish Academy, as an Essay on the origin and uses of the round towers of Ireland ... In its present form, the work contains not only the original Essay on the round towers, very much enlarged, but also distinct essays on our ancient stone churches and other ecclesiastical buildings of contemporaneous age with the round towers." [preface].
The first edition of this work was published as volume 20 of the Royal Irish Academy.
A projected second, or supplementary, volume was never published.
Printed at the University Press, Dublin, by M. H. Gill.
Contents
Introduction -- Part I. Erroneous theories with respect to the origin and uses of the Round Towers considered -- I. Theory of the Danish origin of the Round Towers -- II. Theory of the Phoenician or Eastern origin of the Round Towers -- III. Theories of the pagan uses of the Round Towers -- IV. Theories of the Christian origin and uses of the Round Towers -- Part II. True origin and uses of the Round Towers -- I. Introduction -- II. Antiquity of Irish ecclesiastical remains -- III. General characteristics of the ancient Irish ecclesiastical buildings -- Subsection. 1. Churches -- 2. Oratories -- 3. Belfries -- 4. Houses -- 5. Erdamhs -- 6. Kitchens -- 7. Cahsels -- 8. Well coverings, tombs and mills -- Index
Binding Note
Quartre-bound in olive green leather; gilt lettering on spine, 'Round / Towers Of / Iewland' and 'Petrie' and 'R. A.'