Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland . llege, Dublin(plates xxiv, xxv)The satchel associated with the Book of Armagh, in the Libraryof Trinity CoUege, Dublin, is the most elaborately ornamented ofthe leather objects which have survived. It is formed of a singleoblong piece of leather, folded and stitched so as to form a wallet-shaped receptacle about 12 inches high, nearly 13 inches wide, and2\ inches in thickness. The outer surface is entirely covered withimpressed ornament, consisting of bands and medallions of inter-laced ribbonwork, medallions of single and interlocked do
Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland . llege, Dublin(plates xxiv, xxv)The satchel associated with the Book of Armagh, in the Libraryof Trinity CoUege, Dublin, is the most elaborately ornamented ofthe leather objects which have survived. It is formed of a singleoblong piece of leather, folded and stitched so as to form a wallet-shaped receptacle about 12 inches high, nearly 13 inches wide, and2\ inches in thickness. The outer surface is entirely covered withimpressed ornament, consisting of bands and medallions of inter-laced ribbonwork, medallions of single and interlocked double andtriple grotesque animal forms, and two bands of debased spiralornament. Petrie refers to one of these bands as triphcate pear-shaped ornament ; the other he describes as the cross formed ^ The technique of the ornamentation applied to the objects described in thispaper consists of—(1) simple tooling, as in modem bookbinding, or (2) softening,and impressing {cuir bouilli), or (3) incising with a sharp instrument. Plate XXIV ] [To face page 300.
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