DOI Page / Citation link:
https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.47496#0115
METAL- WORK.
95
The upper side of the box is also divided into four compartments,
covered with engraved silver plates, but is evidently much later in
date. The Crucifixion, and the Virgin Mary, crowned and holding
a globe in her right hand, are here represented along with a
Q U OQU II) lUQ
anTT OW'"
F'
Fa
' 01
BMW UK
FIG. 37.—CASE OF STOWE MISSAL.
figure of a saint holding a book and a bishop raising his right
hand in the act of benediction, while in his left he holds a stasf.
Next in date to this cumdach is another and a larger case,
made to contain the Cathach of the O’Donnells, a copy of the
Psalter, so called because it was carried into battle by the army
95
The upper side of the box is also divided into four compartments,
covered with engraved silver plates, but is evidently much later in
date. The Crucifixion, and the Virgin Mary, crowned and holding
a globe in her right hand, are here represented along with a
Q U OQU II) lUQ
anTT OW'"
F'
Fa
' 01
BMW UK
FIG. 37.—CASE OF STOWE MISSAL.
figure of a saint holding a book and a bishop raising his right
hand in the act of benediction, while in his left he holds a stasf.
Next in date to this cumdach is another and a larger case,
made to contain the Cathach of the O’Donnells, a copy of the
Psalter, so called because it was carried into battle by the army