The Honan Chapel - Gallery Collection


Image TitleHonan Collection: red chasuble (detail)
DescriptionDetail of the Y-shaped orphrey infilled with elaborate animal interlace embroidery inspired by the Book of Kells(Trinity College, Dublin). At the centre is Christ´s monogram, IHS in gold thread. This item has been catalogued by Virginia Teehan & Elizabeth Wincott Heckett in The Honan Chapel: A Golden Vision published by Cork University Press in 2004. The vestments are in storage and are in need of conservation.
ContributorJohn Lees, Cork and William Egan & Sons, Cork
Contribution Year1916
  
PhotographerJames Cronin
CopyrightJames Cronin and the Honan Trust
Date of Photograph2005
CollectionChapel Collection