The history, architecture, and antiquities of the cathedral church of StCanice, Kilkenny . he 1 That there were monuments of an earlierdate connected with the original parish churchof St. Canice we cannot doubt; but all tracesof their existence have perished. b The peculiarity subsequently noted as cha-racterizing the only existing effigy of a bishop,shows it to have belonged neither to Mapiltonnor St. Leger. It must have stood in a nicheformed in a north wall, a position not possible in the south transept Perhaps it representsRoger, of Wexford, who died in 1289, and, ac-cording to Ware, in ec
The history, architecture, and antiquities of the cathedral church of StCanice, Kilkenny . he 1 That there were monuments of an earlierdate connected with the original parish churchof St. Canice we cannot doubt; but all tracesof their existence have perished. b The peculiarity subsequently noted as cha-racterizing the only existing effigy of a bishop,shows it to have belonged neither to Mapiltonnor St. Leger. It must have stood in a nicheformed in a north wall, a position not possible in the south transept Perhaps it representsRoger, of Wexford, who died in 1289, and, ac-cording to Ware, in ecclesia sua dicitur huma-tus.—Hibernia Sacra, p. 143. c In ecclesia sua sepultus est, prope capellambeatae Mariae, ubi tumulum videmus statua operisexquisiti ornatum. Of St. Legers tomb Waremerely observes— tumulo conditus est propeMapiltonum, statua ejusaffabre ornato (Eiber- 132 CLASSIFICATION OF THE MONUMENTS. [sect. ii. only existing effigial tomb of this century is here given, and it will be seen thatthe bold and effective style of the sculpture, the early form of the mitre and. No. 34. chasuble, and the foliage on the pastoral staff and bracket which supports thefeet—all lead us to assign the sculpture to the period at present under con-sideration. It represents the prelate arrayed in full episcopal robes from themitre to the sandals, gloves, and ring: the right hand, much mutilated, is raisedin the act of blessing; the left holds a simple, but elegant, pastoral staff. Thereis an individuality about the features that would lead one to conceive the faceto be a portrait: the brow is broad and massive, and expression stern, but effigy must have been intended originally to be placed in a mural nicheformed in a north wall, the sculptor having designed, and finished with care,only such parts as can be seen from the right or south side of the figureb. It via Sacra, p. 142); the Clarendon MS., 4789, adds, in altero tumulo lapideo altoante capellam beatee J/
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