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GREEN, Edmund Tyrrell was born in 1864 in Westminster. Son of Charles Alexander Green, estate agent, of Westminster and Oxford.
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Towers And Spires: Their Design And Arrangement
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This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to ensure edition identification: ++++ Towers And Spires: Their Design And Arrangement Edmund Tyrrell Green W. Gardner, Darton & co., ltd., 1908 Spires; Towers
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Towers and spires; their design and arrangement
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1908 Excerpt: ...generic name ' cloic-theack' (bell-house). That they were also designed as towers of refuge is an almost inevitable conclusion from the regular position of the entrance doorway at some little distance from the ground. Professor Baldwin Brown strongly inclines to the opinion that the construction of a refuge in case of attack was the principal object which the builders of the towers in question had in view. 'There seems no question,' he writes, 'that the famous round towers were towers of refuge, necessitated by the dangers to which monastic communities were exposed in the days of Viking ravage.' But how shall we account for the circular form of these towers? Baldwin Brown suggests that they--or, at any rate, the earlier examples of the type--may owe their form to the conditions of haste and pressure under which they were erected; but it is perhaps more likely that in the circular form of tower we ought to 'The Arts in Early England,' vol. ii., p. 36. see a trace of Byzantine influence. The character of the masonry calls to mind the work of Southern and Eastern climes, and the intricate designs upon ancient Irish crosses might be quoted as evidence in support of the opinion that Byzantine art influenced the art of early Celtic Christianity. This influence need not have come direct from the East or from Northern Italy, but it is more likely that it came from Gaul; the mother of St. Patrick himself, the Apostle of Ireland, having been a niece of St. Martin of Tours. In England we have the East Anglian type of round tower. The type may be conveniently named 'East _. Anglian,' because so very many examples of it (c) The round, towers of are found in the Eastern Counties, of which it East Anglia. is quite characteristic. Round towers are especially common in Norf...
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Edmund Tyrrell GREEN
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Studied at Christ Church Cathedral School, Oxford. Saint Olave’s, Southwark. Saint John's College, Oxford (Scholar and Mansel Exhibitioner).
Bachelor of Arts, 1st class Theological
1S8G; Denyer and Johnson Scholar, 1887. Master of Arts, 1889.
Master of Arts.
Career
Curate of Saint Barnabas’ Oxford, 1887-1890. Lecturer in Theology, South.D.C., Lampeter, 1890-1896. Chairman of Executive Committee, Cardiganshire Antiquarian Society.
Serves on National Eisteddfod of Wales Committee.
National Union of Teachers Conference Committee. Executive Committee Cardiganshire Liberal Association, et cetera
Professor of Hebrew and Theology since 1896, Lecturer in Architecture, Censor and Precentor, Saint David’s College, Lampeter.
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