The Antrim Cross is a bronze cross with four equal arms. The cross has five pyramidal bosses each in the form of a truncated pyramid. The side of the pyramids are decorated with interlocking angular fields of yellow enamel, alternating with a similar-coloured design of an arrow w
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Early Christian | Early Christian | religious art
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A maquette (miniature tester) for an evening gown in cream, designed by Sybil Connolly. This is a miniature version of a dress known as the First Love dress. This design was first shown at a New York fashion show in March 1953 (see Time magazine, March 23 (1953), page 42).
maquettes (sculptures) | handkerchief linen | silk (textile)
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The North Cross is a National Monuments in State care (National Monument No. 124 / SMR No.TS079-007002-) and is in the ownership of the Minister of State with responsibility for Nature, Heritage and Electoral Reform (DHLGH). The North Cross is 3.65m high. It comprises three disti
Celtic crosses (visual works) | cross monuments | digital photogrammetry
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Terrestrial Laser Scan of MN-02-010 (Blackwater Bridge), Co. Monaghan. Coordinate Reference System- Irish Transverse Mercator (ITM), Datum- OSi Malin Head (as supplied by NRDO). Instrumentation: Faro Focus S120, Leica TS15. Registration Report and Accuracy Statement avai
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This candelabrum was produced in the Belleek, Co. Fermanagh.The piece consists of the head of a stag supported by three scrolled acanthus leaves. The antlers form three branches and these support three candle holders in the form of sea urchins. The piece rests on a three-cornered
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A sandstone high cross (w: (cross head max.) 1.16 - (cross shaft) 0.47 x h: 2.86 x d: (cross shaft) 0.35m) stands on a two-tiered base (dims. 1.25m square; H 0.7m). There is a raised heavy rope-like moulding around the edges which terminates at a projecting basal plinth which is
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An irregular-shaped, greenish-coloured cross slab, w: 0.77 x h: 1.72, with a large, three-lined frame enclosing a cross with a circular expansion at the centre and half round expansions at the terminals. The inscription is positioned vertically (in relation to the cross) in a sin
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Sandstone, high cross, w: 2.14 (across arms) x h: 5.20. The South Cross, also called Muiredach’s Cross, is truly monumental and the sculpted biblical scenes are so finely executed that art historian, Roger Stalley (2007), has called the unknown sculptor the 'Muiredach Master' and
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A roughly rectangular stone cross-slab, (w: 0.56 x h: 1.56x d: 0.14m) with a rounded top. The decoration, on the smooth flat surface, is described by Carrigan (1905, vol. 4, 314) as, ‘an irregularly shaped panel in two incised lines embracing a Latin cross, which terminates in a
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A stone cross-slab, described by Hamlin (2001, 54) as basalt (w: 0.46 x h: 0.52m). A roughly rectangular slab broken along the base and with a slightly convex surface. It has a ringed cross with three expanded terminals. Vertical and horizontal cracks running through the centre o
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A stone pillar, of hard greyish Silurian grit. It is slender and four-sided, widening appreciably towards the base (w: 0.16 x h: 0.90x d: 0.15 widening to 0.3m). It has seven small equal-armed crosses with deeply carved bifurcated ends, two on each face except the North face whic
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Stone cross-slab (w: 0.39 x h: 0.66x d: 0.09m). Spanning most of the dressed surface of the slab is a Latin outline cross. It is formed of deep, v-shaped grooves, deepest on the upper and sinister terminals, and are of a similar depth (c. 4 mm) as the formulaic ‘ŌR AR’ inscribed
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