What is recorded here

Graveslab in Waterford City is a graveslab in Waterford City, County Waterford, Ireland. It is a rectangular slab of fossiliferous limestone in three pieces, measuring 1.87 metres by 0.71 metres. Set against the north wall of the chancel of the Franciscan church, it carries five lines of a Gothic lettered inscription in false relief that is now illegible. The visible centre line reads PATRITIUS TUMULO LATET HOC COGNOMIE, identifying the burial of Patritius.

From: Bradley, J., Halpin, A. and King, H. (1989) Urban archaeology Survey of Waterford City and County, 2 vols. Unpublished report commissioned by the Office of Public Works. vol. 2, 279-80. Graveslab. ?16th century. N. wall of the chancel of the Franciscan church (WA009-005032-). Rectangular slab of fossilirerous limestone in three pieces. Set against the N wall of the chancel. Its only decoration is five lines of a Gothic lettered inscription in false relief which is now illegible. The centre line has only one word and a band of foliage: PATRITIUS TUMULO/ LATET HOC COGNOMIE/ MOBL…/ CORPORA TERRA PREMIT/ SPIRITUS ASTRA PETIT Dims. 1.87m x 0.71m; T 0.14m. Power (1894-5, 219; Mems. Dead II (1892-4), 268. Date of upload: 24 August 2010

16th-century Christian graveslab; significant as a rare surviving example of early modern funerary art in Waterford.

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