[Ancient Irish Horn]
Wood engraving of an ancient bronze horn in the Royal Irish Academy.
The item was shown to the author by Edward Clibborn, then curator of the Academy’s museum.
Image Details
| Genre | Scientific or Technical illustration |
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| Technique | Wood engravings |
| Subject(s) | Antiquities and archaeological sites |
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| Keywords(s) | Antiquities, Musical instruments |
| Colour | Monochrome |
| Dimensions | 2.4 cm x 2.2 cm |
| Published / created | 1847 |
Bibliographical Details
| Travel Account | A summer visit to Ireland in 1846 |
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| Location of image in copy | p. 40 |
| Source copy | National Library of Ireland J 9141 |
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Alternative source
This is a link to a digital copy hosted by an external website. |
http://hdl.handle.net/2027/yale.39002067948399?urlappend=%3Bseq=58 |
| Permalink | https://ttce.universityofgalway.ie/irelandillustrated/?id=ii_image_1371112023&object_type=image&ttce_function=5 |
| Rights | Courtesy of the National Library of Ireland |
Related text from travel account
| Mr. Clibborn [in the Royal Irish Academy] wound a large powerful horn brazen, in two compartments, nearly round, that like Orlando's, was calculated to strike terror into faint hearts; and then pointed out the remains of a clarshach the ancient Irish harp; old grinding-stones, called querns, quite scriptural in form, rosaries, [p. 41] &c. A buckle on the principle of the antique has been invented for young Ireland; it is uncommonly well contrived, so as when clasped to form a shamrock. [pp. 40-41] |