The history and provenance of two early medieval crosiers ascribed to Clonmacnoise

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dc.contributor.authorMurray, Griffin
dc.date.accessioned2021-08-20T13:06:53Z
dc.date.available2021-08-20T13:06:53Z
dc.date.issued2021-02
dc.date.updated2021-08-20T12:42:19Z
dc.description.abstractThe Clonmacnoise crosier, one of finest examples of early medieval metalwork from Ireland, is described, and its history and provenance are thoroughly investigated for the first time. It is argued that the workshop that created it and related material was located at Clonmacnoise and that abbot Tigernach Ua Bráein (d.1088) may have been its commissioner. While there is no basis to the story that it was found, along with another crosier, in Temple Ciarán, its iconography nevertheless suggests a link with that building and more generally with Clonmacnoise. A crosier-head with a supposed Clonmacnoise provenance is also discussed, its Clonmacnoise provenance is rejected, and it is proposed that it may have been deliberately broken and repaired in the sixteenth century. An attempt to trace its history has revealed the record of a theft of an Irish crosier-head from the British Museum in the nineteenth century, the fate of which remains unknown.en
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dc.identifier.citationMurray, G. (2021) 'The history and provenance of two early medieval crosiers ascribed to Clonmacnoise', Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy - Archaeology, Culture, History, Literature, 2021, pp. 1-33. doi: 10.3318/priac.2021.121.04en
dc.identifier.doi10.3318/priac.2021.121.04en
dc.identifier.eissn2009-0048
dc.identifier.endpage33en
dc.identifier.issn0035-8991
dc.identifier.journaltitleProceedings of the Royal Irish Academy - Archaeology, Culture, History, Literatureen
dc.identifier.startpage1en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/11761
dc.identifier.volume2021en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherRoyal Irish Academyen
dc.relation.urihttps://www.ria.ie/proceedings-royal-irish-academy-archaeology-culture-history-literature
dc.rights© 2021, Royal Irish Academy.en
dc.subjectClonmancoiseen
dc.subjectCrosieren
dc.subjectArchaeologyen
dc.subjectMetalworken
dc.subjectEarly medieval,en
dc.subjectIrelanden
dc.titleThe history and provenance of two early medieval crosiers ascribed to Clonmacnoiseen
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
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