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Celtic art in pagan and Christian times (1904)

Allen, J. Romilly (John Romilly), 1847-1907 · London, Methuen & Co · leaf 256

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Clonmacnois. The death of abbotTuathgal took place in a.d. 806. There are, therefore,no ornamental cross-slabs at Clonmacnois older thanthe beginning of the ninth century. The best ex- 1 Petries Christian Inscriptions in the Irish Language, vol. i., pi. 12,No. 29. OF THE CHRISTIAN PERIOD 181 amples… … Cross-slab from Pen-Arthur, PembrokeshireNow in St. Davids Cathedral. Scale \ linear The latter is specially interesting as having uponit a combination of interlaced-work, key-patterns, andspiral ornament. 1 Ibid., vol. i., pi. 31, No. 82. 2 Ibid., vol. ii., pi. 30. 182 CELTIC ART Outside the…

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