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Cross on orb over crown supported by two lions rampant flanking a shield with three saltires; with countermark: crown over ‘GAS’

   
Watermark cross on orb over crown supported by two lions rampant flanking a shield with three saltires; with countermark: crown over ‘GAS’.
Date 17th cent: c. 1668 ?
Location of use Kilkenny, Ireland
Dimensions  9 mm x 9 mm
Chain-lines sheet size 310 x 460 mm; 16 lines spaced at 25 mm, except for terminal lines spaced at 10 mm
Position  
Process Canon EOS, backlighting; Photoshop
Source 17th-century preliminary pages (not binder’s leaves) bound in before Red Book of Ossory (sheepskin, 14th cent.)
Repository Representative Church Body Library, Dublin