What is recorded here

Graveslab fragments in St Francis' Abbey, County Kilkenny, preserve a lost life through the name, dates and words cut into stone. What is missing is no longer hidden; the absent parts must be kept out of the claim instead of inventing a story.

In St Francis' Abbey (KK019-026101-). A portion of a limestone graveslab (L 0.69m; Wth 0.34m; D 0.235m) with two straight sides. There is an incised inscription in Lombardic script along the longer surviving side. Part of the inscription is transcribed by Bradley (1980, 13, no. 43) as, ‘…IA CENTVM XL DIE’, though there is possibly an ‘S’ at the end of DIE. The inscription continues along the other straight side but is not clearly legible. There is no visible decoration. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly

Medieval Christian graveslab, 12th–13th century. Its Lombardic script inscription provides insight into early medieval funerary practices and literacy in the region.

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