Rubbings from ancient sculptured and inscribed crosses in Ireland, made by Henry O'Neill, being the originals on which he based the plates in his The most Interesting of the Sculptured Crosses of Ancient Ireland (1857).
Dates
- Creation: 1840-1855
Extent
0.44 Linear metres (4 boxes)
Language of Materials
- Irish
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. Top. Ireland a. 1, fols. 1-2].
Full range of shelfmarks:
MSS. Top. Ireland a. 1-4
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 13493
Abstract
Irish Rubbings by Henry O'Neill
Biographical / Historical
Henry O'Neill (1798-1880), Irish antiquary. Details are given in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
Arrangement
Arranged in the order of that work (the successive vols. begin with plates 1, 14, 22, 28 respectively).
Other Finding Aids
Falconer Madan, et al., A summary catalogue of western manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford which have not hitherto been catalogued in the Quarto series (7 vols. in 8 [vol. II in 2 parts], Oxford, 1895-1953; reprinted, with corrections in vols. I and VII, Munich, 1980), vol. VI, nos. 31862-31865.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The rubbings were purchased by the Library in 1895.
Subject
- Title
- Irish Rubbings by Henry O'Neill
- Status
- Published
- Author
- Collection Level Description by Emily Tarrant; EAD version 2020 by Alice Whichelow
- Date
- EAD version 2020
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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