Christian Inscriptions in the Irish Language: Chiefly Collected and Drawn by George Petrie: Volume 2

George Petrie , Edited by Margaret Stokes

ISBN 10: 1108080146 / ISBN 13: 9781108080149

Published by Cambridge University Press, 2015

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Christian Inscriptions in the Irish Language: Chiefly Collected and Drawn by George Petrie: Volume 2
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1108080146
• ISBN 13: 9781108080149
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.68 kilograms

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Synopsis

George Petrie (1790–1866) grew up in Dublin, where he trained as an artist. He became fascinated by Irish antiquities and travelled around the country studying ancient sites while working for the Ordnance Survey of Ireland and the Royal Irish Academy. He won awards for his publications on art and architecture, including the influential The Ecclesiastical Architecture of Ireland, Anterior to the Anglo-Norman Invasion (1845), which is also reissued in this series. This collection of Irish-language inscriptions was edited after Petrie's death by Margaret Stokes (1832–1900), the archaeologist daughter of his friend William Stokes, and published in two volumes between 1872 and 1878. Volume 2 contains drawings of over 100 inscriptions from sites across Ireland, from Donegal to Kerry, and Antrim to Cork. Each is accompanied by notes on its subject, date, and linguistic features. The concluding essay gives an overview of the letter forms and decorative elements found in the inscriptions.

Book Description

When the Irish artist and antiquarian George Petrie (1790-1866) died, this two-volume collection of almost 300 Irish-language inscriptions was edited by the archaeologist Margaret Stokes (1832-1900) and published in 1872-8. Volume 2 gathers inscriptions from sites across Ireland, from Donegal to Kerry, and Antrim to Cork.