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dc.coverage.spatialSite: Victoria and Albert Museum [South Kensington] (London, England, United Kingdom) 1903-25en_US
dc.coverage.temporal1903 (creation)en_US
dc.creatorafter unknown (Irish sculptor)en_US
dc.creatorGoodfellow, John S. (Messrs)en_US
dc.date1903en_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-01-29T20:27:44Z
dc.date.available2013-01-29T20:27:44Z
dc.date.issued1903en_US
dc.identifier189785en_US
dc.identifier.otherarchrefid: 1819en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/98321
dc.descriptionOverall view; Muiredach’s cross is named from an inscription at the base of the shaft (west face) asking for prayers for Muiredach who caused the cross to be made. The deaths of abbots with this name are recorded at Monasterboice in 844 and 923, the latter generally assumed to belong to the patron of the cross. Cut from hard quartzy sandstone, the monument is 5.4 m high and survives in almost perfect condition. It consists of three standard elements: a truncated pyramidal base, a main shaft and ring, and a small cap in the form of an oratory or house shrine with gable finials and a shingled roof. Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordartonline.com/ (accessed 4/28/2009)en_US
dc.format.mediumpatinated plasteren_US
dc.rights© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.en_US
dc.subjectNew Testamenten_US
dc.subjectOld Testament and Apocryphaen_US
dc.subjectZodiacen_US
dc.subjectThe Redemptionen_US
dc.subjectPassion of Christen_US
dc.subjectCrucifixionen_US
dc.subjectTwentieth centuryen_US
dc.subjectMedievalen_US
dc.titleMuiredach’s Cross from Monasterboice, Louth, Ireland [plaster cast]en_US
dc.title.alternativeReproduction of Muiredach’s Cross from Monasterboiceen_US
dc.typeimageen_US
dc.rights.accessLicensed for educational and research use by the MIT community onlyen_US
dc.identifier.vendorcode7A3-M-VA-LIC-A1en_US
vra.culturalContextIrishen_US
vra.techniquecasting (process)en_US
vra.worktypereplicaen_US
vra.worktypeCeltic cross (visual work)en_US
dc.contributor.displayafter unknown (Irish sculptor); Messrs John S. Goodfellow (British reproduction firm, active ca. 1870-1910)en_US


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