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The ecclesiastical architecture of Ireland, anterior to the Anglo-Norman invasion; comprising an essay on the origin and uses of the round towers of Ireland, which obtained the gold medal and prize of the Royal Irish Academy (1845)

Petrie, George, 1789-1866 · Dublin : Hodges and Smith · leaf 352

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Four Masters at the year 887, in the Chronicon Scotorum andthe Annals of Innisfallen at 890, and in the Annals of Ulster at theyear 890 or 891, the entry in which I here give, as presenting thename nearly letter for letter the same as inscribed on the stone : A. D. 890, al. 891. Suibne ITIac… … The inscription rends: OROic DO svi6iNe iTiac mai6ae ?ivmai. A PRAYER FOR SUIBINE, THE SON OF MAILAE HUMAI. It is to be regretted that the works of this celebrated person, whomFlorence of Worcester calls Doctor Scotorum perifisshnus, havenot been preserved to us, or at least are not fonnd in…

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