 | Archibald M'Sparran - Antrim (Northern Ireland) - 1846 - 252 pages
...the lapse of ages. In the areas of the two other narrower sides or ends, are pier. shaped sapphires, adorned with silver, which has been gilt on one of...elegantly intertwined in most intricate folds and various knobs like the complicated involutions in the collar, of the order of the knights of St. Patrick.... | |
 | Archibald M'Sparran - Ireland - 1854 - 284 pages
...sustained in the lapse of ages, In the areas of the (wo narrower sides or end.<, are pier-shaped sapphires adorned with silver, which has been gilt on one of these sides, which is beautified withstones ; there are ornaments of fine gold, representing serpents curiously and elegantly intertwined... | |
 | Archibald M'Sparran - 1869 - 254 pages
...in the lapse of ages. In the areas of the two other narrower sides or ends are pier-shaped sapphires adorned with silver, which has been gilt on one of these sides, which is beantified with stones. There are ornaments of flue gold, representing serpents curiously and' elegantly... | |
 | Henry Thomas Ellacombe - Bells - 1872 - 430 pages
...the injuries of time. In the areas of the two other narrow sides, or ends, are pear-shaped sapphires, adorned with silver, which has been gilt. " On one...most intricate folds, and in various knots, like the compli165 cated involutions in the collar of the Order of the Knights of S. Patrick. It may be worth... | |
 | Frederick Edward Warren - British Isles - 1881 - 376 pages
...the case of St. Patrick's Bell (eleventh century), ' one side of which is beautified with stones with ornaments of fine gold representing serpents, curiously...collar of the Order of the Knights of St. Patrick. On one of the ends below the knob and ring by which it is suspended there are eight serpents so singularly... | |
 | Frederick Edward Warren - British Isles - 1881 - 330 pages
...the case of St. Patrick's Bell (eleventh century), ' one side of which is beautified with stones with ornaments of fine gold representing serpents, curiously...collar of the Order of the Knights of St. Patrick. On one of the ends below the knob and ring by which it is suspended there are eight serpents so singularly... | |
 | Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland - Ireland - 1904 - 516 pages
...gold filagree work in various convoluted and interlaced patterns of great beauty and intricacy ; also ornaments of fine gold representing serpents curiously...intertwined in most intricate folds and in various knots. The shrine was made at the expense and by order of King Domhnal, and presented to his friend and namesake... | |
 | Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland - Ireland - 1904 - 522 pages
...gold filagree work in various convoluted and interlaced patterns of great beauty and intricacy ; also ornaments of fine gold representing serpents curiously...intertwined in most intricate folds and in various knots. The shrine was made at the expense and by order of King Domhnal, and presented to his friend and namesake... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall, Mrs. S. C. Hall - Ireland - 1911 - 504 pages
...are principally designed to represent serpents, curiously and elegantly intertwined in most elegant folds, and in various knots, like the complicated...involutions in the collar of the order of the Knights of St. Patrick.81 In some of them, the eyes are formed of blue glass. Of the antiquity of this beautiful cover,... | |
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In the areas of the two other narrower sides or ends, are pier. shaped sapphires, adorned with silver, which has been gilt on one of these sides, which is beautified with stones; there are ornaments of fine gold, representing serpents curiously and... 