Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland: Formerly the Royal Historical and Archaeological Association of Ireland
In early Christian Art the Rev. Dr. Healy presents a Paper on The Baptism of our Lord, as represented on Crosses at Kells and Monasterboice. Tracing, as it does, the sources from which the ancient workers in stone derived their artistic inspiration, this is one of the most interesting Papers in the volume. A short account of the Garland of Howth, with facsimiles of two of the illuminated pages of this old manuscript of the Gospels, is embodied in the notice of the Church on Ireland's Eye (p.
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