4500 x 6412 px | 38,1 x 54,3 cm | 15 x 21,4 inches | 300dpi
Date de la prise de vue:
septembre 2007
Lieu:
Monasterboice, Ireland
Informations supplémentaires:
The 5.5-metre Muiredach's High Cross is regarded as the finest high cross in the whole of Ireland. It is named after an abbot, Muiredach mac Domhnaill, who died in 923 and features biblical carvings of both the Old and New Testaments of the Bible. In the center of the cross is a crucifixion scene. The Monastery of Monasterboice, founded by St. Buithe mac Bronach (died 521) in the late 5th century, was a prosperous center of learning in later centuries (10th and 11th). Its round tower, with books and treasures, was burned in the early 12th century and by 1122 the monastery community probably ended, even though Monasterboice continued to be a secular parish.
