What is recorded here
Tomb is a tomb (effigial) in St. Patricksrock, County Tipperary, Ireland. Three fragments preserve an archbishop wearing a mitre, a chasuble with a pallium, a crozier in the left hand and a raised gloved right hand. The chest fragment measures 0.48 by 0.33 metres, the head portion 0.3 by 0.24 metres and the lower chasuble 0.43 by 0.4 metres.
In storage within the Vicor's Choral (TS061-025005-) on the Rock of Cashel and formerly located in the cathedral (TS061-025003-). Only three fragments of this effigy of an archbishop survive. They are described by Hunt (1974, vol. 1, 222-23) and comprise a portion of the head (dims. 0.3m x 0.24m) wearing a mitre; the central part of the chest (dims. 0.48m x 0.33m) sporting a full chasuble with a pallium over the shoulders, the left hand held a crozier, only fragments of which remains, with a decorative knop, while the right hand is gloved and raised in blessing; the third fragment (dims. 0.43m x 0.4m) is the lower part of the chasuble.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of revised upload: 20 November 2015
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