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dom of St. Christopher, as is almost proved by the fact that the figure 

 is represented as alive, and bound to a hudding tree, the miraculous staff 

 of the saint. 



In all the representations of the martyrdom of St. Sebastian which 

 I have seen, the figure is represented as in the last gasp of life, and 

 seated on the ground, or in the act of falling from a standing position. 



Dr. Todd, in the notice alluded to, states that the name of St. 

 Sebastian does not occur in the Martyrology of " The Four Masters." 



From the foregoing remarks, I think, we may safely conclude that 

 the martyrdom of St. Christopher is the subject of the lower compart- 

 ment of the Knockmoy fresco. 



No. 56. Inscription in Anglo-Norman letters, from the wall of the 

 episcopal castle of Fethard, in the county of Wexford, drawn to the full 

 size. My friend the Eev. James Graves, to whom T am indebted for 

 having brought me to see this inscription, sent me a sketch of it in the 

 year 1863, informing me at the same time that a sculptured cross, stand- 

 ing in the courtyard of Carerew Castle, in Pembrokeshire, bore an in- 

 scription so similar to this as to lead to the belief that they must have 

 been copied from the same MS. transcript. He stated that it never 

 had been deciphered, and asked a reading of it. I believe it may be 

 translated as follows : — 



TTlas: (contracted): "Magistere," or the major domo of the castle. 

 (5ic : Lies 



Gci : (phonetic) Here. 



Cpe : (contracted) : Trefoncier. The proprietor of the estate. 



Cec : This. 



Tj : Tombstone. 



f & : Fecit, or Fecerunt. 



This reading attempts the solution of a problem hitherto unsolved, 

 and would be accepted by some of my antiquarian friends if I could 

 account for the occurrence of a similar inscription on the Carerew cross. 

 This I think is not just, as I have nothing to say to the cross in ques- 

 tion, and know not what connexion there existed between the Anglo- 

 Norman proprietor of the domain of Fethard in the twelfth or thirteenth 

 century, the supposed date of the inscription, and the owner of Carerew 

 Castle at the same period. 



No. 57. Inscription in debased Anglo-Norman characters, from a 

 slab set into the south sidewall of the chancel of Christ Church Cathe- 

 dral, Dublin. It is remarkable that, though each letter of this inscrip- 

 tion is perfect, and each word defined by three dots, no person to whom 

 % I have submitted it has attempted to read more of it than is evident to 

 any one. I doubt that it is older than the sixteenth century, from the 

 form of the letters A. N. andT., and the frequent joining together of the 

 letters A. M. and A. E., which is so characteristic of the period to which 

 I allude. 



The name Ion . Lumbakd is very plain at the beginning of the in- 

 scription, and the second line comprises the words de : parme ; e : 



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