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1421:English art
1362:Rachel Moss
1309:Collections
1145:(after 792)
1077:Tara Brooch
1022:Celtic knot
1017:Carpet page
947:Bell shrine
933:Insular art
776:Scriptorium
431:St. Patrick
419:additamenta
410:Collectanea
364:and one by
291:Evangelists
233:keeper was
196:St. Patrick
97:9th century
61:Ascribed to
1461:Categories
1446:Viking art
1406:Celtic art
1215:Corp Naomh
1010:Techniques
977:High cross
672:0394428072
521:www.tcd.ie
500:References
470:, and the
337:Ferdomnach
287:miniatures
265:Manuscript
241:family of
231:hereditary
223:Ballymoyer
215:Bachal Isu
176:St Patrick
105:Incomplete
75:and others
69:St Patrick
1431:Irish art
1381:(d. 1900)
1375:(d. 1866)
1369:(d. 1994)
1283:(c. 1120)
1277:(c. 1100)
1247:(11th c.)
1235:(11th c.)
1211:(10th c.)
1032:Interlace
867:893699154
741:4 October
717:163281610
526:4 October
435:Confessio
378:primatial
180:Old Irish
115:TCD MS 52
88:Old Irish
1187:(9th c.)
1181:(9th c.)
1139:(8th c.)
1133:(8th c.)
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1046:Examples
895:held at
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550:, p. 19.
544:(1911).
542:R.S.A.I.
468:Eusebius
458:Pelagius
406:TĂrechán
372:(or the
366:TĂrechán
344:Contents
239:Brownlow
159:and the
80:Language
1389:Related
962:Cumdach
754:Sources
460:), the
453:Vulgate
415:notulae
397:Muirchu
390:glosses
204:comarba
190:History
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384:by an
382:Armagh
326:Dating
279:vellum
243:Lurgan
208:Armagh
120:Length
940:Types
859:(pdf)
713:S2CID
705:JSTOR
386:angel
358:Lives
225:near
165:Irish
149:Irish
84:Latin
1426:Iona
863:OCLC
765:ISBN
743:2017
668:ISBN
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572:2024
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479:Life
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