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Stone sculpture

Lismore (Coshmore and Coshbride By.), County Waterford, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Stone sculpture, Lismore, County Waterford, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Lismore (Coshmore and Coshbride By.)
County
Waterford
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.13984, -7.92966
SMR number
WA021-019015-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1882 · Ireland (southern half). (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1904 · Sheet 13. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

There is a caryatid, or pillar carved as a human figure (H 0.58m; Wth 0.23m; T 0.12m), holding an open book with the inscription: IN ME.SAM DOMINI IERUSALEM DET ARMA ET CORONAS AURH (Macalister 1938; MacAlister 1945, vol. 1, 109, No. 938) attached to the W wall of the nave of the cathedral (WA021-019003-). (Henry 1937)

Henry, F. (1937) Figure in Lismore Cathedral. JRSAI, 67, 306-07.
Macalister, R. A. S. (1938) The Lismore corbel. JRSAI 68, 298-300.
Macalister, R. A. S. (1945) (reprint 1949) Corpus inscriptionum insularum Celticarum, 2 vols. Stationery Office, Dublin.

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 21 March 2011

References

Macalister, R.A.S. 1945 Corpus inscriptionum insularum celticarum. Dublin. Stationery Office.

Macalister, R.A.S. 1938 The Lismore corbel. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 68, 298-300.

Henry, F. 1937 Figure in Lismore Cathedral. JRSAI, 67, 306-07.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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