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    Monuments: C
  1. Monuments: C
    1. Camus. Cross Shaft. East Face.
    2. Camus. Cross Shaft. East Face. Detail top of shaft.
    3. Camus. Cross Shaft. East Face. Lower Panels Detail.
    4. Camus. Cross Shaft. East Face. Lower panels detail.
    5. Camus. Cross Shaft. West Face. Detail. Top of shaft.
    6. Carlisle
    7. Carndonagh. Ringless Cross. Close up of the Crucifixion and the three women going to the tomb of Jesus
    8. Carndonagh. Ringless Cross. Close up of the Head of the Cross.
    9. Carndonagh. Ringless Cross. Close up of the three women going to the tomb of Jesus
    10. Cashel. 'St. Patrick's Cross'. West Face.
    11. Cashel. 'St. Patrick's Cross'. West Face. Cast - Outside. Crucifixion
    12. Castledermot. General View. North Cross. South side.
    13. Castledermot. General View. North Cross. West Face.
    14. Castledermot. General View. North Cross. West Face.
    15. Castledermot. General View. South Cross. North Side.
    16. Castledermot. General View. South Cross. South Side.
    17. Castledermot. General View. South Cross. West Face.
    18. Castor
    19. Chester-le-Street
    20. Chesterton
    21. Chesterton
    22. Clones. Composite Cross. North West Face. Detailed View of Shaft. Panel NW 1.
    23. Clones. Composite Cross. North West Face. Detail of Shaft. Panel NW2
    24. Clones. Composite Cross. North West Face. Detail of Shaft. Panel NW3.
    25. Clones. Composite Cross. North West Face. General View of Shaft.
    26. Clones. Composite Cross. South East Face. Detailed View of Cross Head.
    27. Clones. Composite Cross. South East Face. Detailed View of Shaft. Panel SE 1.
    28. Clones. Composite Cross. South East Face. Detailed View of Shaft. Panel SE 2.
    29. Clones. Composite Cross. South East Face. Detailed View of Shaft. Panel SE 3.
    30. Clones. Composite Cross. South East Face. General View of Shaft.
    31. Clonmacnois.
    32. Clonmacnois. Detailed View. Cross of the Scriptures.
    33. Clonmacnois. Detailed View. Cross of the Scriptures. East Face. Detail of Head.
    34. Clonmacnois. Detailed View. Cross of the Scriptures. North Side.
    35. Clonmacnois. Detailed View. Cross of the Scriptures. North Side. Panel N2.
    36. Clonmacnois. Detailed View. Cross of the Scriptures. South Side.
    37. Clonmacnois. Detailed View. Cross of the Scriptures. South Side. Panel S2
    38. Clonmacnois. Detailed View. Cross of the Scriptures. West Face. Cross Head.
    39. Clonmacnois. Detailed View. Cross of the Scriptures. West Face. Panel W1.
    40. Clonmacnois. Detailed View. Cross of the Scriptures. West Face. Panel W2.
    41. Clonmacnois. Detailed View. Cross of the Scriptures. West Face. Panel W3.
    42. Clonmacnois. Detailed View. South Cross. West Face. Panel W3. Crucifixion.
    43. Clonmacnois. Detailed view of two panels. Cross of the Scriptures. East Face.
    44. Clonmacnois. General View. Cross of the Scriptures. East Face.
    45. Clonmacnois. General View. Cross of the Scriptures. West Face.
    46. Clonmacnois. General View. Cross of the Scriptures. West Face.
    47. Clonmacnois. General View. South Cross. West Face.
    48. Codford St Peter
    49. Collingham
    50. Collingham
    51. Cropthorne
    52. Cropthorne
    53. Cundall
    54. Cundall
    55. Cundall
    56. Cundall
    57. Cundall
    58. Cundall
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Monuments: C

1. Clonmacnois. Detailed View. Cross of the Scriptures. West Face. Cross Head.

Image
RecordAuthor Orla Murphy
ISODate 2002-04-19
Date 19 April 2002
PictureCredit Jane Hawkes
County Offaly
Townland Clonmacnois
OSMapRef N-009.307
Area Ireland
Location Clonmacnois monastic site, Co. Offaly.
Measurements Cross 3.15 m high and 1.45 m across
Shaft 54 cm x 38 cm thick
Base 75 cm high x 1.2 m x 1.07 m
Material Sandstone
GeneralDescription Each panel of the Cross of the Scriptures at Clonmacnois, Co. Offaly, is framed separately. The cross shaft and base have roll moulding at their edges, and each panel is separated by a projecting frame. It is noticeable that the arms of the cross tilt upwards.
West Crucifixion. Jesus is shown with his legs tied, wearing a lower garment only. His hands are clearly nailed. Stephaton offers vinegar while Longinus spears Jesus's side. There is an angel above Jesus head and a plinth/ suppedaneum beneath his feet.

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