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Rh Bk. IV. Ch. VI. CIVIL ARCHITECTURE. 87 tliouo-h the dimensions of the Irish towers are greatly m excess of any similar monuments found on the continent of Europe. n the town of Nuremberg are several houses presenting very elegit specimens of art in their details, though few that now at least i;iw^i|iim!'riiii»nii'i;i|i | iiii' ^^^ 'J— — :— au^— -■-- 531. Bay Wiiidou tn-iu St. Sebald, Nuremberg. afford examples of complete designs worthy of attention. The two parsonages or residences attached to the churches of St. Sebald and 1 Mr. Hodder Westropp was, I be- lieve, the first to suggest this identity of the Round Towers with these "Fanals," or Lanternes des Mortes. It seems to be the most plausible sug- gestion yet made, though far from meet- ing the whole difficulty.