Museum Building, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland

Museum Building, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland

Architecture

Byzantine Influence

Tympanum

Lantern slide of the Museum Building, Trinity College Dublin. Originally labeled'D3 96' with title 'Engineering S[?]eT.C.D..' Located on the South of New Square, the Museum Building was built in the mid-nineteenth century. There are Lombardesque, Byzantine and Moorish influences evident in the building's architecture. A view of the tympanum is visible in the slide. Made of Caen stone, it depicts a 19th century coat of arms of the college. Below is the heavy wooden door of the main entrance. Round arched windows are visible in the slide, which are supported by columns with elaborate capitals. The building consists of 108 carved capitals in total.

Sophie Hogan

RSAI Lantern Slide Collection: Box 08

The Discovery Programme

1853-1857

The Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland (RSAI)

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EN

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Box08_092

22/04/15

Scanned to 2400 dpi , 16 bit greyscale image with automatic exposure

RSAI Lantern Slide Collection

7652 x 7559 pixels

Lantern Slides

Country: Ireland

Town/townland: Dublin

Logainm code: http://www.logainm.ie/100002.aspx

Irish National Grid East: O 15

Irish National Grid North: 35

position source: www.logainm.ie

Latitude: 53.343925

Longitude: -6.255158

The Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland (RSAI)