What is recorded here

Graveslab in Gardens (kilkenny City By., St. Mary’s Par.) preserves a broken fleur-de-lis cross cut into limestone, its lower arm lost to time. The slab sits within St Francis' Abbey (KK019-026101-), where chamfered edges still catch light and the missing arm invites imagination about the person buried beneath. Bradley (1980, 14, no. 53) described it, but the cross itself speaks louder: a symbol of faith, damaged yet unbroken in meaning.

In St Francis' Abbey (KK019-026101-). The upper portion of a limestone graveslab (L 0.65m; Wth 0.44m; D 0.19m). It has a steep chamfer (Wth 0.07m) along both sides and along the top (Wth 0.06m). It is decorated with a deeply incised fleur-de-lis cross, probably four-armed but the lower arm is broken. This graveslab is described by Bradley (1980, 14, no. 53). Compiled by: Jean Farrelly

Medieval Christian graveslab, 13th–14th century. Its decorative elements and construction reflect the ecclesiastical and artistic traditions of the late medieval period in Ireland.

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