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Graveslab in Limerick City,englishtown

Graveslab

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Graveslab in Limerick City,englishtown stands out because it is still visible inside St. Mary's Cathedral. A rectangular limestone slab, long enough to cover a body and narrow enough to fit a cathedral wall, carries a Gothic lettered inscription from the 16th century. It is set under the leper squint in the north transept, where shadow, prayer and exclusion may have crossed. The chamber still holds its shape, and the chamber is the interesting part.
16th century graveslab in N transept of St. Mary's Cathedral (LI005-017015-) described in the Urban Survey of Limerick (Bradley et. al. 1989, 319) as following; ‘Grave slab. 16th cent. Rectangular limestone slab with a Gothic lettered inscription set into the wall under the "leper squint" in the north transept. Dims: L. 1.84m W.0.7m'. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 18 November 2019
16th-century Christian gravestone; significant as a rare surviving example of early modern funerary art in Limerick.

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