Figure 27: Sketch by James Barry

Manuscripts

Dublin, Book of Armagh, TCD 52 (‘D’, 9th cent.)
Paris, BnF lat. 17626 (‘P’, 10th cent.)
London, BL Cotton Nero E.1 (‘C’, 10th/11th cent.)
Rouen, BM 1391 (‘R’, 11th cent.)
Salisbury, Cathedral Library 221 (‘G’, 11th/12th cent.)
Salisbury, Cathedral Library 223 (‘F’, 12th cent.)
Arras, BM 450 (‘V’, 12th cent.)
Oxford, Bodleian Rawlinson B 480 (‘O’, 17th cent.)

1780s:
Sketch by James Barry, ‘Baptism of Oengus’, after original of c.1763. Scenes from the life of St Patrick were seen as fitting subject matter for Irish history-painting, helping to glorify Ireland’s past.

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Figure 27: Sketch by James Barry