Lough Kinale Shrine

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The Lough Kinale Shrine is the earliest and largest Irish book shrine, dating to the 9th century. It was found in a lake in Co. Longford in 1986, close to a Crannóg (island settlement). The shrine had been take apart in antiquity to remove the manuscript within. It comprises an oak box covered with tinned-bronze plates. The cover is decorated in the same manner as a ‘carpet page’ from an early medieval Irish Gospel book. Digital 3D scanning enabled the shrine to be reconstructed without having to physically handle the components.

Equipment: Canon EOS 6D II Camera, 60mm Sigma Macro Lens, Godox AR400 Ringflash with Cross Polarising Filter, Cognisys Rotary Table. Processing: Reality Capture, Marmoset Toolbag & Substance Painter Object was recorded using both normal and cross polarised illumination to maintain accurate 3D documentaion of reflective areas. Project carried out in conjunction with The National Museum of Ireland