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Graveslab in Gardens (kilkenny City By., St. Mary’s Par.)

Graveslab

What is recorded here

St. Francis' Abbey in Kilkenny holds the lower portion of a limestone graveslab. It has a cross-shaft with a barred knop and opposing leaves below that. Those leaves match a fleur-de-lis terminal, but no edges survive to show where the top went or whose name it carried.
In St Francis' Abbey (KK019-026101-). This appears to be the lower portion of a limestone graveslab (L 0.43m; Wth 0.36m; D 0.28m), though none of the edges survive. It has incised decoration, consisting of the base of cross-shaft with a barred knop and opposing leaves below that, which are identical to the leaves of the fleur-de-lis terminal.   Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Medieval Christian graveslab, 12th–13th century. Its incised decoration and context within a monastic site indicate its significance in understanding burial practices and artistic styles in medieval Kilkenny.

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