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More model informationA tower, built of regularly coursed, dressed limestone blocks has an internal chamfered rib which rests on moulded corbels with pointed stops, embellished below with intricate carvings of birds: a pelican, pecking its breast, at N and In Christian tradition, the pelican, which was believed to feed its young with its own blood, is a metaphor of the Passion of Christ, the Eucharist and self-sacrifice, and is a common motif in Irish Gothic art. (McDermott 2009, 98-9) McDermott, Y. 2009 Strade Friary: Patronage and development at a medieval mendicant friary. Cathair na Mart 27, 92-108
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