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Journal TitleIrish arts review
Article TitlePetrie's magnum opus
AuthorMurray, Peter
Volume35
Issue(2)
Page(s)pp130-133
DateSummer, June / August 2018
Contentillustrations, text
Note(s)The author tells how George Petrie's evidence-based and systematic approach to the study of Ireland's round towers in his 1845 book, The Ecclesiastical Architecture of Ireland, anterior to the Anglo-Norman Invasion, earned him a gold medal at the Royal Irish Academy.
Subject(s)round towers ; antiquities ; Mediaeval ; historic monuments ; architectural heritage ; religious communities
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  • Republic of Ireland