Muiredach, abbot of Monasterboice, 890-923 AD.; his life and surroundings . ?s. ^ IRELAND 25 equal to the task of completing the work. We see from this that the formof the cross was finished first, projecting blocks being left for the futurepanels. The minute interlacing of the ring was then completed. Thecentral panel of the head was almost completed, lacking only the finishingtouches ; in the right arm the figures were blocked out, in the left armonly the first few strokes had been cut. The panels on the shaft had notbeen begun. II. The Ahenny Cross has an awkward conical capstone, the purpo
Muiredach, abbot of Monasterboice, 890-923 AD.; his life and surroundings . ?s. ^ IRELAND 25 equal to the task of completing the work. We see from this that the formof the cross was finished first, projecting blocks being left for the futurepanels. The minute interlacing of the ring was then completed. Thecentral panel of the head was almost completed, lacking only the finishingtouches ; in the right arm the figures were blocked out, in the left armonly the first few strokes had been cut. The panels on the shaft had notbeen begun. II. The Ahenny Cross has an awkward conical capstone, the purpose. Fig. 4.—Reconstruction of an Irish Timber House. of which is to shed ofl^ the rain and prevent it percolating into the artist made a gable-like top to most of his crosses, and this suggestedto him the roof of a house. He carried out the idea to its logical develop-ment, and made the top arm of the Cross the picture of an Irish houseof its period. To understand this, let us first inquire what the outline of a better-class house in ancient Ireland would be like. I have drawn out thisdiagram (fig. 4) to illustrate what I have to say about it. I have left aside all considerations of internal divisions or furniture, for which there is D 26 MUIREDACH available a certain amount of material, and confine my attention to thefour walls and the roof. The foundations on which we can base a studyof early houses in Ireland are not the remains of the houses themselves(for these have long ago disappeared, having been made of wood and otherdestructible materials) ; but some descriptions of
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