Inscribed stonework
Date
1701
Creator
Unknown, Engraver
Creator - Organisation
The Royal Society, Publisher
Object type
Article identifier
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (page): 213mm
width (page): 150mm
width (page): 150mm
Subject
Description
Plates depicting various inscribed stone specimens found in the United Kingdom.
1. A Roman inscription from Hadrian’s Wall, England;
2. An Irish inscription on a Stately Cross, from Drogheda, Ireland;
3. An Irish inscription on a tombstone in Roscommon, Ireland, reading ‘Pray for the sake of Giarain’;
4. A Pictish inscription on a tombstone in Edinburgh, Scotland;
5. Stone inscription from above the Church door of Lhan Gudwaladr, Anglesey, Wales;
6. A French inscription from Mellifont Abbey, Ireland;
7& 8. Irish inscriptions from the tombstone of two Scottish princes, buried in the Hebrides, reading ‘Pray for Eoggin’ and ‘Pray for Ilfata’;
9. An arrows head, set in silver and intended to be worn as a necklace.
Illustrations to ‘I. An account of some Roman, French, and Irish inscriptions and antiquities, lately found in Scotland and Ireland’ by Edw. Lluyd and John Hicks in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 22, issue 269 (February 1701).
1. A Roman inscription from Hadrian’s Wall, England;
2. An Irish inscription on a Stately Cross, from Drogheda, Ireland;
3. An Irish inscription on a tombstone in Roscommon, Ireland, reading ‘Pray for the sake of Giarain’;
4. A Pictish inscription on a tombstone in Edinburgh, Scotland;
5. Stone inscription from above the Church door of Lhan Gudwaladr, Anglesey, Wales;
6. A French inscription from Mellifont Abbey, Ireland;
7& 8. Irish inscriptions from the tombstone of two Scottish princes, buried in the Hebrides, reading ‘Pray for Eoggin’ and ‘Pray for Ilfata’;
9. An arrows head, set in silver and intended to be worn as a necklace.
Illustrations to ‘I. An account of some Roman, French, and Irish inscriptions and antiquities, lately found in Scotland and Ireland’ by Edw. Lluyd and John Hicks in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 22, issue 269 (February 1701).
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