On two works of ancient Irish art, known as the breac Moedog, or shrine of st Moedog, and the Soiscel Molaise, or Gospel of st. Molaise1871 - 20 pages |
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Acta SS acus ancient Annals Antiquaries of London appear blessed Book of Armagh Book of Kells book-satchel Breac Moedog Cavan Cennfailad church Colgan Columba Cormac's Glossary cumdach curious Devenish diminutive divergent spiral Drumlane Du Cange early Irish Eccl Ecclesiastical Architecture eighth century electrotype engraved Erin exactly similar figure holds Finian Four Masters gilt given Glossary Gospels hair hand Hereford cathedral holy inches Ireland Irish art Irish word Island knots Lasair leathern Leitrim Lough Erne Moedoc O'Donovan Observations Pallaire parish Patrick patron saint Petersen Petrie Plate XIV Plate XVI Plate XVIII preserved Reeves reference relics reliquary represented resemble resurrection Rome Rossinver round tower Royal Irish Academy SCULPTURED STONE seen shrine of St side Society of Antiquaries Soiscel Molaise successor of Molaise Tiac Todd Trinity College library triquetra trumpet pattern twelfth centuries Ulster unto Vita Vol XLIII woodcut word polaire XLIII Plate
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Page 8 - Abyssinian manuscripts, of which this curious library was entirely composed. The books of Abyssinia are bound in the usual way, sometimes in red leather and sometimes in wooden boards, which are occasionally elaborately carved in rude and coarse devices : they are then enclosed in a case, tied up with leather thongs; to this case is attached a strap for the convenience of carrying the volume over the shoulders, and by these straps the books were hung to the wooden pegs, three or four on a peg, or...
Page 8 - The books of Abyssinia are bound in the usual way, sometimes in red leather and sometimes in wooden boards, which are occasionally elaborately carved in rude and coarse devices : they are then enclosed in a case, tied up with leather thongs; to this case is attached a strap for the convenience of carrying the volume over the shoulders, and by these straps the books were hung to the wooden pegs, three or four on a peg, or more if the books were small : their usual size was that of a small, very thick...
Page 9 - The height of this reliquary is 7y inches, length 8J inches, breadth of the base 3| inches. For about one-third of the height the sides of the box are vertical; they then slope inwards until they meet at a very acute angle, so as to resemble the roof of a house. Thus the general form is much like the...
Page 15 - ... to rise from their posture of prayer. Cuimin, of Coindeire, states, in the poem which begins, "Patrick of the fort of Macha loves," that Molaissi loved to be in a stone prison, and also to keep a house of hospitality for every one in Erin. Thus he says...
Page 2 - Sed hujus postremum non tarn laudo [.i. ni is firindige 7 ni moluim in dedenac В.] AED ie fire. By inverting the noun aed it becomes dea, ie the goddess of fire, et quod Vestam illam deam esse ignis fabulaverunt, Vesta dea ignis dicitur ie aed, Cognate with аТЭос. — O'D. Also with Lat. aede», Skr. edhas ' firewood', AS. ad, root IDH. Hence too the Gaulish tribe-name Aedui and in Welsh aidd
Page 14 - Irish used the diminutive of the names of saints as a mark of affection, tnd prefixed mo, my, as an expression of devotion ; as we still say Our Lord, Our Lady.
Page 8 - It is a remarkable fact that all the books in the library of the Abyssinian Monastery of Souriani, on the Natron Lakes in Egypt, were recently found by an English traveller in a condition singularly resembling that of the Book of Armagh, and adding an interesting illustration of a practice probably derived from the same school.
Page 11 - XVIII., the collar brought round the neck and knotted over the breast, so as to form a triquetra, at once recalls to mind the figures of the Evangelists in the Book of Dimma, who wear the triquetra thus as a symbol of the Trinity.
Page 10 - Ireland, none of which were octagonal, circular, or cruciform ; nor had they the conched semicircular apse of the Roman basilica. They are narrow, with a highpitched roof, reminding us of a singular representation in the Book of Kells of the Temptation of our Lord, where he is led to the pinnacle of the Temple, in which the form of the Temple is exactly similar to that of these early churches and of the Breac Moedog.
Page 4 - Her sons had been drowned in Lough Erne, and she had sought help of many Saints, in the hope that at least their bodies might be found.