The history, architecture, and antiquities of the cathedral church of StCanice, Kilkenny . oljcs 9ras mtlcs w baro lit courtistoun $ ©norma brcnacljux cf 21° W m°ccccc°hf but U(c mcs Translation.—Here lie John Grace, knight, and haron of Courtstown, and OnorinaBrenach his wife. , on the 8th day of the month This is a table monument, supported at the sides by slabs, each carved intosix niches, enriched with figures of the Apostles, the spandrils filled with foliage;at the head is sculptured the Crucifixion, and at the foot a lion rampant forGrace. The makers name is carved on t
The history, architecture, and antiquities of the cathedral church of StCanice, Kilkenny . oljcs 9ras mtlcs w baro lit courtistoun $ ©norma brcnacljux cf 21° W m°ccccc°hf but U(c mcs Translation.—Here lie John Grace, knight, and haron of Courtstown, and OnorinaBrenach his wife. , on the 8th day of the month This is a table monument, supported at the sides by slabs, each carved intosix niches, enriched with figures of the Apostles, the spandrils filled with foliage;at the head is sculptured the Crucifixion, and at the foot a lion rampant forGrace. The makers name is carved on the edge of the table, as follows:—lUoricus (Hhfonnc fabrtcauit Ista tuba. From the occurrence of the family bearing,it is probable that the entire of this monument as it now stands is table and effigy are much fractured: considerable portions of the lower partof the effigy are lost, and the head has also suffered injury. We have engraved. H 3 N 8 No. 49. this effigy as seen from the right side, and the artist has restored it, indicatingthe conjectural additions by dots and a lighter tint. The style of the armouris, in some particulars, more antiquated than the military costume of whichShortalls effigy and the Ormonde monuments afford examples. A true hauberk of ring mail descends more than half way down the thighs, CHAP. II.] INSCRIBED MONUMENTS. 259 which, with the legs, are cased in chausses of mail, with genouillieres of plate at the knees, and, perhaps, plate sollerets on the feet. The hauberk is furnished with sleeves, with coverings for the hands, without divisions for the fingers, but confined at the wrists by straps. The gauntlets are slipped off the^hands, which are represented as bare. The portions of the armour just described would, if Monumental occurring in English monumental art, be assigned at latest to the first half of ,i%. the fourteenth century ; but in this effigy we find them combined with
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