Clonmacnoise Crucifixion Plaque
The Clonmacnoise Crucifixion Plaque is a late-10th or early-11th century (often given as c. 1090–1110) Irish Gilding, gilt-bronze sculpture showing the Crucifixion of Jesus, with two attendant angels hovering above his arms to his immediate left and right. Below them are representations of the Roman soldiers Stephaton (the sponge-bearer) and Longinus (the lance-bearer) driving spears into his chest. The plaque is one of eight such Early Middle Ages, Early Medieval Irish crucifixion plaques to have survived,Moss (2014), p. 272 but was, in its closely observed detail, especially around the figure's clothing, described by the art historian Máire de Paor as the "most charming of the series".de Paor (1954), p. 40 It measures x , and was acquired by the National Museum of Ireland – Archaeology, Dublin, in 1935.de Paor (1954), p. 35 Description Christ is shown as still alive and with open eyes.Mitchell (1977), p. 99 His head and outstretched arms are disproportionally large c ...
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