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THs is unmistakably a right hand, with the palm exposed to view, 

 and quite difEerent from the other two. The whole scene forms one of 

 the panels on the side of the Cross, but what subject is represented I 

 am unable to say. 



As pure symbolism on our High Crosses is not commonly met with, 

 it makes one dwell the more on the extraordinary character and 



Dextera Dei on the Cross of Muiredach. at Monasterboice. 



position of the representations here described. So far as I can find, 

 neither in England, nor yet on the Continent, is the symbol usually 

 depicted as at Monasterboice and Clonmacnoise. The Kells figure is 

 the usual one, and it is often met with, particulai'ly on the 

 Continent. The symbol is not recorded fi-om Scotland at all. 



The other Christian symbols found are, the Dove at Clonmac- 



