REMARKS 



ON A 



BR^SS MEBAL 



OF OUR SAVIOUR, 



FOUND IN THE FRIAR'S WALK IN THE VICINITY OF 



CORK, 



IN OCTOBER 1S18 ; 

 By HENRY J. MONCK MASON, L.L.D. M.R.I. A, 



Read Jan. 2Sth, 1819. 



It will be necessary minutely to describe this curious relic before I 

 institute an inquiry into its antiquity. Upon one of its sides is exhi- 

 bited the head of our Sa\aour, with the letters W^ on the left, and M 

 on the right of the figure. The three first letters are " Jesu;' the final 

 Hajin being omitted, " more veteribus usitato ;" because, as 

 Elias Thesbites, an authority relied upon by all the writers on the 

 subject of those inscriptions, observes, " litera Hajin ardua sit, ac 

 « difficilis pro gentibus ; ideo in lingua sua non dicunt Jeschuah, 

 « sed Jeschu ; propterea Judaei etiam vocant eum Jesu, absque 

 « Hajin."* 



VOL. xin. s 



• It is curious to remark that, although the same authority of Tliesbites is relied on by all, 

 it is quoted by the several writers as justifying conclusions directly opposite to each other. 



