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188 EARLY CHRISTIAN ART IN IRELAND.
Incha, and the chancel of Tomgraney, these give place to beauti-
fully proportioned columns, on which, in the first case mentioned,
an enriched cornice, which crowns the side walls of the church,
is seen to rest. These quoin shafts are three-quarter columns,
with moulded bases and carved capitals, and give a classic
character to the building.
FIG. 97.—ARCADE, ARDMORE.
The love of incised mouldings, such as we find on the door-
way of Killeshin, which give the face of the stone an effect of
beautiful and delicate engraving, is another striking characteristic
of Irish architectural decoration, and such ornament is very
common throughout the country, in the borders and crosses of
the sepulchral slabs of the ninth and tenth centuries. Then, as
in the windows of Annadown and Rahen, borders of chevron,
bead, and even foliate patterns are carved in very low relief,
Incha, and the chancel of Tomgraney, these give place to beauti-
fully proportioned columns, on which, in the first case mentioned,
an enriched cornice, which crowns the side walls of the church,
is seen to rest. These quoin shafts are three-quarter columns,
with moulded bases and carved capitals, and give a classic
character to the building.
FIG. 97.—ARCADE, ARDMORE.
The love of incised mouldings, such as we find on the door-
way of Killeshin, which give the face of the stone an effect of
beautiful and delicate engraving, is another striking characteristic
of Irish architectural decoration, and such ornament is very
common throughout the country, in the borders and crosses of
the sepulchral slabs of the ninth and tenth centuries. Then, as
in the windows of Annadown and Rahen, borders of chevron,
bead, and even foliate patterns are carved in very low relief,