Relief Of A Monk or Cleric

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The Hunt Museum
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Release Date
2021-11-17
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CC BY 4.0
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Material: [Wood](http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300011914). Accession no: HCM 008. Current location: [The Hunt Museum](https://www.huntmuseum.com/), [Limerick](https://www.geonames.org/7778675/limerick-city.html). A wooden panel with a [monk](http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300025765) or cleric, perhaps a Saint, carved in [high relief](http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300053626). The figure wears long robes and a cloak which covers his head and is draped across his body. A rare survival. [Irish](http://www.geonames.org/2963597/ireland.html), [15th century](http://n2t.net/ark:/99152/p08m57h8zmq). [More](https://www.huntmuseum.com/explore/item/72fbdb88-012a-3227-99ae-78cee9d819d5/?s%3Dcleric&pos=1).