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Excerpt from The Reliquary and Illustrated Archæologist, Vol. 11: A Quarterly Journal and Review Devoted to the Study of the Early Pagan and Christian Antiquities of Great Britain, Mediæval Architecture and Ecclesiology, The Development of the Arts and Industries of Man in the Past Ages, And the Survivals of Ancient USAChanges so radical, and accompanied in the near past with so much violence and destruction, that almost all alteration has bee...

Excerpt from The Monumental History of the Early British ChurchLangdon, and the Committee of the Cambrian Archaeological Association for some of the illustrations.He also wishes to testify tothe courteous assistance afforded him by Mr. A. W. Franks and Mr: C. H. Read of the British Museum.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction ...

Excerpt from Celtic Art in Pagan and Christian TimesCeltic art naturally divides itself into two distinct periods, the Pagan and the Christian. With regard to the latter, the remains have been SO fully investigated that it is hardly probable any new facts will be brought to light which will seriously alter the conclusions now arrived at. With regard to the Pagan period the case is altogether different, as most of the finds hitherto made have b...

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Excerpt from The Reliquary and Illustrated Archæologist, Vol. 4: A Quarterly Journal and Review, Devoted to the Study of the Early Pagan and Christian Antiquities of Great Britain, Mediæval Architecture and Ecclesiology, The Development of the Arts and Industries of Man in the Past Ages, And the Survivals of Ancient Us Road to Arcevia and the deep little stream called the Fosso di Monte Fortino, they had struck on a large stone of a curious s...

This highly illustrated 1887 book offers a particular focus on the Celtic crosses of Ireland, and their sculptural symbolism.

Excerpt from Theory and Practice in the Design and Construction of Dock Walls The theoretical portion of this work is arranged in the form of a series of problems, bearing on the subject of dock walls, which, it is to be hoped, will put the engineering student in possession of most of the facts already ascertained and the deductions which have been made therefrom by mathematicians up to the present time. The information from which these probl...

Excerpt from Celtic Art in Pagan and Christian TimesCeltic art naturally divides itself into two distinct periods, the Pagan and the Christian. With regard to the latter, the remains have been SO fully investigated that it is hardly probable any new facts will be brought to light which will seriously alter the conclusions now arrived at. With regard to the Pagan period the case is altogether different, as most of the finds hitherto made have b...

Excerpt from The Monumental History of the Early British Church So much has been already written upon the historical side of the question as to how and when Christianity was first introduced into this country, that it is very doubtful whether the further study of ancient documents will ever be the means of throwing more light upon the subject. The archæological side of the question, however, seems to have been so far over looked that it is no...

Excerpt from The Reliquary and Illustrated Archæologist, Vol. 11: A Quarterly Journal and Review Devoted to the Study of the Early Pagan and Christian Antiquities of Great Britain, Mediæval Architecture and Ecclesiology, The Development of the Arts and Industries of Man in the Past Ages, And the Survivals of Ancient USA So interwoven in the actualities of their annals have been the Church and State of this country for a thousand years or more...

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Excerpt from The Reliquary and Illustrated Archaeologist, 1904, Vol. 10: A Quarterly Journal and Review Although unorthodox and unrefined, he is at least practical in many of his monthly maxims. In January he says that Though the nights be long and candles be chargeable, yet long lying in Bed is an evil quality, because they must rise betimes who would cozen the Devil. In December he cynically observes Have much and thou shalt be esteemed muc...

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