T H E L IM E R IC K M IT R E .
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^ ‘B i s h o p s , a p p e a r s th a t e ach .prelate,
w as .ex p ected ' -'.to possess th re e - d ifb
est)
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find th e
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vbïuifie oT$M e k rch se o lo g ia , of*»4 ^ f i r s t o f th ese
a n d w as th ^w a S S n y d by m l hi sh o p H ilin d , o n octa*
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■same J j^ e ^ ir tjie possession o f a p n ^ a t é ‘^ n t l^ u i f n i .^ ^ ^ ^ M n ^ i s fix e d b l ith e
Ttîllow in g in sc rip tio n ro u n d 1^ T im :- § jjÉ |||
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Bm^ga the^ace^occu^ied by the f part ( ^ ^ o K m p tio n and'the
known period of O’Deagh’s b^lifi(-atcf!^tWe^ea^/be; no ^ ^ ^ t h a ^ h i s date is
IT08. Another inscription, in a small 11 f t h e '* name
of the maker:—
®I;omas ffi'Cartg artffex fadebam.
The body of this mitre, both behind^eonsist^ef thin silveri
Uminm gilt, and adorned an infinite numbeifgf small
pearls. The borders and ornamental pmml >1 \> V^iI,lf mid [h -"if
both sides, is of the same siiRsfi^^uti^^koir, being worked I’lnt^^pTclirigs,
wihe-leaves, dec., and enriched with ehcha§edj#^^ils,- p u rls gajtfdM emeralds,
.«ÿfiÇna preHosa-, djoft^ï,SM,'genimi' et tapidtüiis ip$ti<®ljir$l laminis tiuréfe # ^ r g e n te is contexta esse
solet ; altera ainfiphrygiata, Alia argenteis, sed vel aliquibus parvis
margaritis composita, vel ex «ericosilbö interim\to vol tx tek auietftpi^pJ&\iiio;laminiJ vel margnritis;
tertia, quoe simplex vocatuîr., tjPf|É|&Of ex
confeeta, rubeis luciriiis, seu frangiis et ÿi t tis pen de ntib 10 . Cer^^^BiJ)k i. ô.f!7. ,