Tomb - effigial

The National Monuments Service's description

from King (1987, 298): NOBBER II. c. 1690. This effigial slab, known as the EDWARD BALFE memorial, lies in the old churchyard in Nobber. Its position is probably in what was the east end of the medieval church. A fragmentary marginal inscription in low false relief and Roman capitals survives as follows: THIS TOMBE WAS ERECTED BY PATRICK / A… / ..S.TO / ..V/…ER AND FOR HIS WIFE. The remainder of the slab is decorated in high relief with an achievement of arms, which has not been identified, and mortality symbols between male, in armour and with sword shown separately by his side, and female effigies. Dimensions: L 2.3m; Wth 1.28m. (Smith 1888, 28)

See attached screenshots of 3D model of effigial tomb created by Digital Heritage Age under the direction of Gary Dempsey and Orla Peach Power. Photogrammetric 3D model can be accessed at the following website: https://skfb.ly/6ssOo

Date of upload: 10 July, 2014

References

Smith, O. 1888 County Meath. Journal of the Association for the Preservation of the Memorials of the Dead in Ireland, vol. 1, 24-30.

King, H.A. 1987 Seventeenth-century effigial sculpture in the north Meath area. In E. Rynne (ed.), Figures from the past: studies on figurative art in Christian Ireland in honour of Helen M. Roe, 283-307. Dun Laoghaire. Glendale Press.