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1097:, and two unidentified drops now in the British Museum. Their likeness to Irish examples is indicative of the close contact between Scottish and Irish craftsmen, and it is known that a number of Irish metalworkers settled in Scotland. The similarities include methods of construction and their style and decoration. The Scottish croziers are characterised by their angular crook shape with separate (attached) drops, with most dated to before the mid-11th century. The designs and patterns on the crooks are typical of the Irish or
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plain copper-alloy. Four seems to have been the usual number, while those, such as the
Clonmacnoise crozier, that have three are usually shorter overall and may have lost some of their length at some stage (probably when they were broken apart to make them easier to fold and thus hide from Viking and later Norman invaders). Knops were some times reused and attached to other croziers, the usual case for those that have five. Examples containing re-used knops include St. Dympna’s and St. Columba’s croziers.
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core. The drop's metal casting is secondary and has an inset (or cavity) to hold a reliquary box, which is now filled with a small block of wood. However the reliquary box is slightly too small for the drop, and was probably also a later addition, likely to replace a similar, slightly larger fitting.
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The shaft has three richly decorated knopes, the largest of which contains a crest and measures 7.5 cm. The collar below the upper knope is made of copper alloy and contains relief designs of two large cat-like animals facing each other. The central knope is less decorated compared to the other
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or biconical and fully wrap around the shaft. Typical decorative elements include inserted triangular and rectangular plaques ornamented with inlaid silver, interlace, glass studs, and enamel. The individual knopes are usually placed equally distant from each other and separated by lengths of open,
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of his flock and was popular from the early days of
Christianity. The first known mention of the attribute in relation to Ireland is from 431 CE, and in the context of the conversion of the Irish population to Christianity. The first Insular staffs were produced in the 9th and 10th centuries during
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at either side of the base of the crook. The openwork crest was cast and contains a row of five crouched dog-like animals. The zoomorphic and interlace patterns are in the Irish
Ringerike style and bear a strong resemblance to late 11th century additions to the Bearnan Chulain bell shrine, and the
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The barrel shaped knope on the upper shaft is decorated with knotted interlace, and holds now empty settings that once contained studs, most likely of amber. Although this section is the earliest metalwork component, it was later filed down to accommodate both later embellishments and repair work.
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Insular croziers were probably made in workshops specialising in metal inlay techniques. The art historian
Griffin Murray speculates that the master craftsman behind the Clonmacnoise Crozier may also be responsible for two other extant examples. The croziers vary in size, material, and amount and
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was built in three phases. The earliest metalwork occurred during the late 9th or early 10 century, with further adornment occurring during the early 11th and early 12th centuries. The first phase is represented by the wooden core, and copper lined tubing, four closing strips, three copper alloy
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Like many Irish medieval religious objects, particularly shrines, some of the croziers (Irish: Baculus) were built in single phases, while others were first built in the 9th century and added to or reworked across the 10th and 11th centuries. Many of the croziers were held over the centuries by
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The River Laune
Crozier is of especially fine workmanship and unusual in that its metalwork is mostly of silver rather than the more typical copper alloy. Four panels contain elaborate gilded filigree. It is 111.5 cm in length, while the hook is 17 cm wide. The crook is from a single
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1024:("Pray for Nechtain, craftsman, who made this object"). Nechtain placed the inscriptions in a very narrow space and so had to use abbreviations, and in some instances omitted a letter (for example "Niall" is spelled with only one "l", and the central "d" is missing from "Lasandernad").
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and one blue glass stone. The staff contains a number of secondary nail holes, indicating that it may have been "dismantled and repaired several times in the past". St. Mel's
Crozier is dated based on the style of the zoomorphic designs, which are similar to those on the Kells Crozier.
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knopes, the crook, openwork crest and zoomorphic ornamentation. Later embellishments include the silver plates lining the crook, the drop (10th century), and the semi-precious stones (since lost) and niello-inlaid spirals influenced by the
Ringerike style added in the 11th century.
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drop plate, studded with jewels, as with the
Lismore Crook. The plaques often have an animal (or, less often human) head at the top, below which a separate structure (known as the drop-plate) was attached. Based on carvings on a number of high crosses, including that at Ahenny,
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periods. Although many of the croziers are associated with 5th- and 6th-century saints, the objects were not made until long after the saints had died. A majority originate from around the 9th century, with a number further embellished between the 11th and 13th centuries.
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in 1314. Later it was thought to be able to heal people and animals, and under the ownership of its hereditary keepers the Dewars of Glendochart, acted as a ceremonial object for oaths of loyalty and dispute settlement, mostly related to the recovery of stolen cattle.
814:), which, roughly translated, asks for prayers for Cúduilig (or Cū Duilig) and Maelfinnén (or Máel Finnén). However, as neither have been conclusively associated with historical figures, there is some doubt as to the location of origin. It is in the collection of the
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describes it as "probably broadly contemporary with the earliest stone church on the island and obviously relates a period of wealth and investment in the monastery at the time. It was of great significance to the community, as...the staff of office of the
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While well preserved (a number of the plates were damaged, and its last major cleaning and refurbishment was carried out between 1971 and 1972) and studied to that point, the crozier was "almost entirely destroyed" in 2009 when
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Only five croziers have inscriptions. Of these, only the Kells and Lismore Croziers have the lettering that is still legible. The Lismore Crozier contains both the name of the smith (Nechtan), and the name of the Bishop of
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the Clonmacnoise and St. Columba’s croziers have decorative collars below their upper knopes. Knops are not unique to Insular croziers and can be found in many contemporary and later European examples.
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being both the oldest and 1.33 meters the longest. The major components are the shaft or staff and attached base, crook, and knop, with the crook, knop and ferrule being the most decorated elements.
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Inscriptions on the metalwork record that it was produced by "Nechtain the craftsman" and commissioned by Niall mac Meic Aeducain, a bishop of Lismore who died in 1113. The inscription read
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and handed on from one abbot to the next. It symbolised the power of the founding saint of the monastery, St Finian, and by association the power of the abbot and the monastery itself,"
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two but has inlay bands and silver lining. The lower knope contains decorations, including blue glass studs. The monastery at Clonmacnoise is also the location where the 8th century
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noted how, in Ireland, relics of saints "used to be carried to distant places on solemn occasions, in order that rival chieftains might be sworn upon them, so much that the word
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and St. Mel's Crozier, were taken to the National Museum of Ireland for assessment and restoration, although such was the extent of devastation that many were "beyond help".
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It is dated to the late 11th century and is not thought to have been reworked. Its origin is uncertain; it is likely to have been made at
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Later additions include the remnants of downwards farcing animal head on the crest positioned as a protruding wing from the main shaft.
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who commissioned it, while the Kells Crozier names the smith as Conduilig, and its commissioner as Malfinnen, Archbishop of Leinster.
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Cozier fragment of unknown provenance, c. 1110. Although now almost completely lost it would have been one of the finest examples.
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Oddy, W. A.; McIntyre, I. M. "St. Mel's Crozier: Technical Examination and Report on Conservation and Restoration in 1971-2".
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enamel. The drop contains a modern inscription, probably 18th or 19th century, recording that it was once owned by
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O'Carroll, Ellen; Condit, Tom. "Ireland's Earliest Crozier?".
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and Viking invaders. In addition fragments have been found in
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Often spelled as "crosier", including by Irish art historians
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The shaft is generally formed from a wooden core, usually of
128:. The majority of surviving Insular croziers are held in the
2646:
The Life and Labours in Art and Archaeology of George Petrie
2578:
Murray, Griffin. "The 'Hidden Power' of the Irish Crosier".
1979:
Bishop promises St Mel's will return to glory following fire
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Knop from St. Columba’s Crozier, 9th and 11th centuries, NMI
522:
Broken crosier found in Kilmacduagh, County Galway, c. 1110
2594:
The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland
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The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland
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The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland
2422:
The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland
1855:"St Columba’s Crosier". NMI display caption, December 2021
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Formed from copper-alloy, silver, gilding and niello, the
923:(then the South Kensington Museum) in 1869, on loan from
2507:
Medieval c. 400—c. 1600: Art and Architecture of Ireland
1804:
Priceless 'Prosperous Crozier' goes on display to public
2084:". National Museum of Ireland. Retrieved 21 August 2021
1837:". National Museum of Ireland. Retrieved 28 August 2021
1145:, who opened it and found St. Fillan’s Crozier inside.
214:. Representations of croziers appear in multiple other
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glass insets. It is now in the collection of the NMI.
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Rediscovered in London in 1851, it is associated with
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Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland
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Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland
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Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland
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The crozier was at first used for blessings and as a
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by a fisherman who initially mistook it as either a
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based on inscriptions under the crest on the crook (
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The remains of the badly damaged and incomplete St.
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Drop of the Lismore Crozier, with empty compartment
2002:Roman Catholic Diocese of Ardagh and Clonmacnoise
1018:"OR DON IAL MC MEICC AEDUCAIN LASANERNAD I GRESA"
2648:. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1868.
2371:. Edinburgh: National Museums Scotland, 1982.
1069:, suggesting a possible origination in Dublin.
2029:The Islands of Ireland: Sailing to Innisfallen
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803:), which is sometimes reported of insignia."
442:A cleric slaying a dragon on the drop of the
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2151:, 10 December 2011. Retrieved 20 August 2021
1987:, 29 December 2010. Retrieved 21 August 2021
1812:, 14 November 2014. Retrieved 28 August 2021
490:Staff and fragment with two knops from the
2037:, 16 March 2016. Retrieved 14 November 2021
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954:("Faithlinn's island"). The art historian
2269:Adventures of Edmund O'Cleary (Continued)
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144:Ecclesiastical and secular functions
3445:Medieval European metalwork objects
1515:croziers, see Murray (2007a), p. 88
1203:, is traditionally associated with
16:Type of processional bishop's staff
2212:Crozier and Coigreach of St Fillan
1022:OR DO NECTAICERD DO RIGNE I GRESA"
812:ordo conduilis ocius do mel finnen
14:
3284:Library of Trinity College Dublin
2582:, volume 18, No. 1, Spring 2004.
2547:, Third Series, volume 67, 2008.
2357:, volume 14, no. 2, Summer 2000.
640:Clonmacnoise Crozier, lower knop
2963:
2799:
2691:
2641:. London: Chapman and Hall, 1887
2275:, 1890. Retrieved 1 October 2021
1613:Ă“ Floinn; Wallace (2002), p. 220
1533:Ă“ Floinn; Wallace (2002), p. 235
1524:Ă“ Floinn; Wallace (2002), p. 221
1324:McIntyre; Oddy (1973), pp. 35–46
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218:formats, including manuscripts,
3190:Clonmacnoise Crucifixion Plaque
3024:(late 7th or early 8th century)
1450:O'Carroll; Condit (2000), p. 25
1438:O'Carroll; Condit (2000), p. 24
1079:Clonmacnoise Crucifixion Plaque
946:)), but was held on the nearby
25:Crook of the late 11th century
510:, late 9th or early 10 century
293:. They ornamented may include
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3244:Shrine of Saint Lachtin's Arm
3156:, (late 9th or early 10th c.)
2545:Ulster Journal of Archaeology
1067:Shrine of Saint Lachtin's Arm
3262:Shrine of St Patrick's Tooth
3232:Shrine of St. Patrick's Bell
3192:(late 10th or early 11th c.)
2293:Michelli (1986), pp. 376–377
2218:. Retrieved 12 December 2021
1968:McIntyre; Oddy (1973), p. 35
1956:McIntyre; Oddy (1973), p. 42
1947:McIntyre; Oddy (1973), p. 34
1929:McIntyre; Oddy (1973), p. 40
1682:McIntyre; Oddy (1973), p. 38
1378:The Lismore Crozier, AD 1100
1184:, and is thus understudied.
120:(c. 1100), and the Scottish
3294:National Museum of Scotland
3250:Bell Shrine of St. Cuileáin
3022:Rinnegan Crucifixion Plaque
2849:National Museum of Scotland
2751:(late 9th or early 10th c.)
2610:, volume 96C, no. 1, 1996.
2492:, volume 96C, no. 1, 1996.
2216:National Museum of Scotland
2160:Frazer (1891), pp. 206–214
1920:". Retrieved 29 August 2021
1846:Bourke; Hook (2017), p. 135
1821:Bourke; Hook (2017), p. 133
1793:Bourke; Hook (2017), p. 134
1784:Bourke; Hook (2017), p. 136
1219:and in a bishop's grave at
1162:National Museum of Scotland
1121:National Museum of Scotland
655:in the early 19th century.
357:, 11th or 12th century, NMI
246:croziers on display at the
134:National Museum of Scotland
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3289:National Museum of Ireland
3138:(late 8th or early 9th c.)
2844:National Museum of Ireland
2390:National Museum of Ireland
2384:; Wallace, Patrick (eds).
2108:Michelli (1996), pp. 5, 23
2004:. Retrieved 21 August 2021
1916:, volume 31, No 4, 2014. "
1750:Murray (2008), pp. 114–116
1550:. Retrieved 19 August 2021
1468:Murray (2021), pp. 113–114
1384:. Retrieved 18 August 2021
1382:National Museum of Ireland
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248:National Museum of Ireland
130:National Museum of Ireland
45:is a type of processional
3264:(12th & late 14th c.)
3018:(late 6th or early 7th c)
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1882:MacDermott (1956), p. 167
1723:Murray (2007a), pp. 81–82
1661:Murray (2007a), pp. 85–86
1652:Murray (2004), pp. 24, 26
1077:and 10th or 11th century
116:(late 10th century), the
108:(9th to 11th centuries),
3132:(8th or 9th & 14 c.)
2568:, volume 137, 2007 (b).
1503:The other three are the
707:St. Mary's Abbey, Dublin
3196:Bell Shrine of St. Mura
2302:Michelli (1986), p. 377
2284:Michelli (1986), p. 376
2196:Michelli (1986), p. 384
2187:Michelli (1986), p. 375
2178:Michelli (1988), p. 216
1342:Moss (2014), p. 312–315
840:, while the drop has a
834:Ardagh, County Longford
821:
3303:Notable art historians
3216:(shrine: late 11th c.)
3214:Cathach of St. Columba
3160:Muiredach's High Cross
2930:Illuminated manuscript
2410:, volume 1 1889–1891.
2367:Caldwell, D. H. (ed).
2258:Michelli (1986), p. 39
2236:McKeown (1933), p. 246
2227:McDonald (2013), p. 66
2126:Mitchell (1996), p. 10
1835:The Prosperous Crozier
1759:Murray (2007b), p. 146
1741:Frazer (1891), p. 206
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776:Crook and drop of the
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668:The Prosperous Crozier
353:Crozier head found in
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2761:St. Columba’s Crozier
2343:, volume 85C, 1985.
2096:Murray (2007b), p. 85
1768:Mitchell (1996), p. 6
1732:Murray (2007a), p. 90
1691:Murray (2007a), p. 86
1643:Murray (2007a), p. 85
1631:Murray (2007a), p. 84
1622:Bourke (1985), p. 153
1599:Bourke (1985), p. 151
1562:Murray (2007a), p. 79
1494:Murray (2007a), p. 88
1333:Murray (2007a), p. 80
1315:Murray (2007a), p. 82
1301:Murray (2007a), p. 83
1269:Murray (2007a), p. 89
1257:Murray (2007a), p. 81
1248:Youngs (1989), p. 214
1154:Battle of Bannockburn
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722:St. Columba’s Crozier
716:St. Columba’s Crosier
693:cutters in 1831 near
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582:St. Columba’s Crozier
492:St. Columba’s Crozier
233:
24:
3220:Clonmacnoise Crozier
3118:Londesborough Brooch
3076:St. Fillan's Crozier
3070:Moylough Belt-Shrine
2990:Insular illumination
2822:St. Fillan’s Crozier
2785:Clonmacnoise Crozier
2767:St. Dympna's Crozier
2700:at Wikimedia Commons
2596:, volume 103, 1973.
2447:, volume 116, 1986.
2424:, volume 110, 1980.
2311:Stuart (1877), p. 21
2064:Murray (2010), p. 49
2055:Murray (2010), p. 46
2046:Murray (2010), p. 48
2013:Murray (2010), p. 47
1700:Murray (2004), p. 25
1480:Murray (2004), p. 26
1459:Murray (2021), p. 24
1420:Stuart (1877), p. 12
1191:), and the Kilvarie
1127:St. Fillan's Crozier
1111:St. Fillan's Crozier
1047:Clonmacnoise Crozier
1037:Clonmacnoise Crozier
1031:Clonmacnoise Crozier
944:St. Finian the Leper
626:Clonmacnoise Crozier
506:General view of the
494:, 8th or 9th century
444:Clonmacnoise Crozier
222:and stone carvings.
102:Clonmacnoise Crozier
27:Clonmacnoise Crozier
3374:Celtic Christianity
3226:River Laune Crozier
3124:Derrynaflan Chalice
3052:Lindisfarne Gospels
2945:House-shaped shrine
2790:River Laune Crozier
2580:Archaeology Ireland
2464:, Volume 58, 1956.
2355:Archaeology Ireland
2341:Royal Irish Academy
2332:, volume 117C, 2017
2273:Royal Irish Academy
2169:Murray (2021), p. 3
2117:Henry (1980), p. 44
2082:The Lismore Crozier
1910:Gordon Bowe, Nicola
1894:Moss (2014), p. 313
1714:Murray (2021), p. 6
1670:Moss (2014), p. 311
1590:Moss (2014), p. 314
1576:Moss (2014), p. 315
1411:Lucas (1986), p. 18
1402:Moss (2014), p. 312
1351:Murray (2021), p. 1
1287:Moss (2014), p. 310
1065:early 12th century
893:River Laune Crozier
883:River Laune Crozier
877:River Laune Crozier
808:Kells, County Meath
748:Royal Irish Academy
611:River Laune Crozier
565:Upper knope on the
417:River Laune Crozier
126:St Fillan’s Crozier
114:River Laune Crozier
3180:(10th and 15th c.)
3154:Prosperous Crozier
3100:Monymusk Reliquary
3094:Breadalbane Brooch
3016:Ballinderry Brooch
2955:Processional cross
2920:Crucifixion plaque
2749:Prosperous Crozier
2662:, volume XII, 1876
2539:978-0-956-5714-0-3
1869:Murray, Griffin. "
1429:Lucas (1986), p. 8
1367:Lucas (1986), p. 9
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684:Prosperous Crozier
674:Prosperous Crozier
646:Surviving examples
508:Prosperous Crozier
402:Prosperous Crozier
400:Drop-plate of the
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175:. The antiquarian
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3310:Raghnall Ă“ Floinn
3208:Shrine of Miosach
3172:Ardboe High Cross
3136:Kilmainham Brooch
3112:Tully Lough Cross
3046:Lichfield Gospels
3028:Hunterston Brooch
2862:
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2824:(8th and 11th c.)
2775:(10th or 11th c.)
2773:St. Mel's Crozier
2696:Media related to
2654:978-1-1080-7570-1
2644:Stokes, William.
2515:978-0-3001-7919-4
2484:978-9-0041-8547-0
2458:MacDermott, Máire
2398:978-0-7171-2829-7
2382:Ă“ Floinn, Raghnal
1996:O’Reilly, Colm. "
1984:Irish Independent
1914:Irish Arts Review
1809:Irish Independent
1081:were discovered.
1023:
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936:Aghadoe Cathedral
828:St. Mel's Crozier
822:St. Mel's Crozier
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3184:Soiscél Molaisse
3162:(9th or 10th c.)
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2635:Stokes, Margaret
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3379:Clonmacnoise
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3384:English art
3325:Rachel Moss
3272:Collections
3108:(after 792)
3040:Tara Brooch
2985:Celtic knot
2980:Carpet page
2910:Bell shrine
2896:Insular art
2839:Insular art
2631:, 116, 1988
2624:, 118, 1986
2526:". Dublin:
2402:Frazer, W.
2388:. Dublin:
2339:. Dublin:
1505:St Dympna's
952:Innisfallen
905:River Laune
901:Innisfallen
869:windows by
797:Rachel Moss
546:cylindrical
244:River Laune
216:Insular art
193:County Cork
162:St. Patrick
3430:Celtic art
3424:Categories
3409:Viking art
3369:Celtic art
3178:Corp Naomh
2973:Techniques
2940:High cross
2816:Bachul Mor
2669:. London:
2561:, 2007 (a)
2377:0950311715
1509:Prosperous
1227:References
1217:Loch Shiel
1193:Bar-a-Goan
1178:St Moluagh
1135:Perthshire
1131:St. Fillan
1011:millefiori
973:zoomorphic
303:Viking art
299:zoomorphic
208:Lemanaghan
55:Romanesque
49:'s staff (
3440:Irish art
3394:Irish art
3344:(d. 1900)
3338:(d. 1866)
3332:(d. 1994)
3246:(c. 1120)
3240:(c. 1100)
3210:(11th c.)
3198:(11th c.)
3174:(10th c.)
2995:Interlace
2781:(c. 1100)
2769:(10th c.)
1166:Edinburgh
854:red coral
703:champlevé
295:interlace
173:talismans
122:Coigreach
84:talismans
3435:Croziers
3150:(9th c.)
3144:(9th c.)
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3096:(8th c.)
3090:(8th c.)
3084:(8th c.)
3078:(8th c.)
3072:(8th c.)
3066:(8th c.)
3060:(c. 750)
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