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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 359

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7. The Canoin-Patraic was covered by Domichadh, son of Flaun, Kingof Ireland. It must not be supposed, however, that this leather case is itselfthe cumdach noticed by the annalists, and which, no doubt, like ourother ancient cases for books, was formed of silver, and enriched withgems. This leather… … As a specimen of earher and more beautiful work of this kind, Iam tempted to present an outline of one of the sides of the leather 83fi INQUIRY INTO THE ORIGIN AND USES case of the sliriuc of St. Maidoc, or Aidan, the first bishop of Ferns,the age of which, in the opinion oi some of the most skiUul…

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