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Athlone Crucifixion Plaque — Wikipedia (en)

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The Athlone Crucifixion Plaque (or Rinnegan or St. John Crucifixion Plaque) is a late 7th or early 8th-century Irish gilt-bronze crucifixion plaque found in the 19th-century in the churchyard of St. John's on the head of Lough Ree, near Rinnegan, County Roscommon. It is decorated on one side only, and shows the still alive Christ on the cross. Above each arm of the cross are angels with three wings, and below are the biblical Roman soldiers or bystanders Stephaton and Longinus. The plaque is one of the earliest known representations of the crucifixion in Irish art, and outside of illuminated manuscripts, a rare example of representation in Insular art. The Athlone Plaque is the earliest of the eight early medieval Irish crucifixion plaques to have survived. At 21 cm (8.3 in), it is the largest example, and is widely considered the most accomplished. Its dating to the late 7th or early 8th centuries is estimated on an art-historial baisis, given it curvilinear designs, including spirals and interlace. While the precise function of these plaques is unknown, their multiple rivet or nail holes indicate that they were originally attached to larger wooden ecclesiastical objects such as processional crosses, book shrines or altarpieces. The plaque was hidden or buried at some point in the early medieval period to protect it from plunder. While the details of its rediscovery in the early 19th-century are unknown, iron and salt deposits in the hollows of its reverse indicate that it was buried in soil. The plaque has been in the permanent collection of the National Museum of Ireland (NMI) in Dublin since the late 19th century.

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Fonte: Wikipedia in inglese, voce «Athlone Crucifixion Plaque» — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athlone_Crucifixion_Plaque
Wikidata Q109535573: «8th century Irish Bronze sculpture» (dati Wikidata in CC0 1.0) — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q109535573
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