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| MORTUARY CHAPEL, GLASNEVIN CEMETERY, DUBLIN. -Glasnevin Cemetery-one of the most beautiful burial-places in the world-whose monuments are as splendid as they are varied-contains nothing that appeals more to the artistic eye than the graceful mortuary chapel shown in the sketch. It was dedicated August 29, the Feast of the Decollation of St. John the Baptist, by the late Cardinal-Archbishop McCabe, and was designated "The Chapel of the Ressurection of our Lord." It was designed and erected by J. J. McCarthy; R. H. A., one of the most successful representatives of Irish architectural skill in this era. The edifice is Romanesque in character, rich and delicate in decoration, and preserves many of the antique features that characterized church buildings in Ireland previous to, and immediately following, the Anglo-Norman invasion. The walls externally are divided into bays corresponding with those of the interior, by broad pilasters, the material used being granite quarried inthe County Wicklow. While the lower portion of the walls is plain, the upper part is divided into handsome arcades. Above these, carved tables bearing the sculptured heads of monarchs, prelates, knights, and nuns, support the molded cornices. The gables are surmounted by crosses of the ancient Irish pattern. Internally, the chapel is in every way worthy of its classical exterior. |
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