What is recorded here

Limerick’s Englishtown still keeps a 14th or 15th century black limestone cross slab inside St. Mary’s Cathedral. The flat stone lies in a tomb transept, long enough to span two people and narrow enough to force them into a line. Its fleur-de-lis base and crossed head remain incised, while the two faded lines withdraw from reading. Perhaps they named the dead, marked a promise or warned the living that mercy and judgment both fit on one slab.

14th/15th century cross slab in St. Mary's Cathedral (LI005-017015-) described in the Urban Survey of Limerick (Bradley et. al. 1989, 316) as following; ‘Black limestone slab set into a tomb transept. It has an incised two-line on a fleur-de-lis base and the head of the cross. Dims: L. 2.33m W. 0.63m T. 0.08m'. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 15 November 2019

14th/15th century Christian cross slab, likely used as a funerary or commemorative monument within the medieval cathedral setting. Its design reflects the influence of late medieval Irish Christian art and may have served a liturgical or symbolic function.

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