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COLLECTION NAME:
Archivision Base to Module 9
Record
Preferred Title:
Muiredach?s Cross from Monasterboice, Louth, Ireland [plaster cast]
Alternate Title:
Reproduction of Muiredach?s Cross from Monasterboice
Image View:
Detail, showing cross
Creator:
after unknown (Irish sculptor); Messrs John S. Goodfellow (British reproduction firm, active ca. 1870-1910)
Location:
repository: Victoria and Albert Museum [South Kensington] (London, England, United Kingdom) 1903-25
Location Note:
Purchased from the Dublin Museum in 1903 The taking of the cast by Messrs Goodfellow was organised by the Dublin Museum
GPS:
+51.496325-0.172058
Date:
1903 (creation)
Cultural Context:
Irish
Style Period:
Medieval; Twentieth century
Work Type 1:
replica
Work Type 2:
Celtic cross (visual work)
Classification:
sculpture
Material:
patinated plaster
Technique:
casting (process)
Measurements:
536.5 x 220 cm (width)
Relation Work:
part of Victoria and Albert Museum Cast Courts
Subjects:
New Testament; Old Testament and Apocrypha; Zodiac; The Redemption; Passion of Christ; Crucifixion
Description:
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.oxfordar…
Collection:
Archivision Addition Module Four
Identifier:
7A3-M-VA-LIC-A2
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Muiredach?s Cross from Monasterboice, Louth, Ireland [plaster cast]

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Muiredach?s Cross from Monasterboice, Louth, Ireland [plaster cast]