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Graiguenamanagh (Greg-u-na-ma-na) Cross
North Cross, West Face,
Co. Kilkenny, Ireland
This 7 1/2 foot high granite cross is found in the graveyard of the parish
church (formerly the Cistercian Duiske Abbey) in Graiguenamanagh, Ireland. It
was originally from Ballyogan, Ireland. At the top of the cross is The
Annunciation, with the Virgin seated on the right being approached from the left
by an angel. On the bottom of the cross is The Visitation, with the Virgin Mary
embracing Elizabeth, mother of John the Baptist, in the presence of a servant.
This is the only instance of these two scenes on Irish crosses. The S-spirals
running down the middle of the cross symbolizes the entire course of the year,
spring, the time of birth, though winter, the time of death. It is therefore the
image of life and death, the image of everything rhythmical, of becoming and
passing away. Size:
8 1/2" x 3"
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SKU # |
| 8 1/2" x 3" |
171 |
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