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	Chalice
		The earliest specimen of a chalice of whose original purpose we can feel reasonably confident is the chalice of Chelles, preserved until the French Revolution and believed to have been wrought by, or at least to date from the time of, the famous artificer St. Eligius of Noyon, who died in 659.
		These latter chalices are of considerable size, and they are often, though not always, fitted with handles, which, it is easy to understand, would have afforded additional security against accidents when the sacred vessel was put to the lips of each communicant in turn.
		According to the existing law of the Church the chalice, or at least the cup of it, must be made either of gold or of silver, and in the latter case the bowl must be gilt on the inside.
	www.catholicity.com /encyclopedia/c/chalice.html (2985 words)

	The Chalice (Paganlore.com)
		The chalice or cup is used on the altar to represent the Female principle of Water.
		The chalice along with the athame, sword or wand are the moderntools which are used in the enactment of the "Great Rite"-the union of the male and female principle from which Life will spring.
		The chalice is symbolic of the womb of the Goddess, and is associated with fertility.
	www.paganlore.com /chalice.aspx (668 words)

	The Ardagh Chalice
		The beautifully proportioned Ardagh Chalice is the finest example of eighth century metalwork ever to have come to light.
		The Ardagh Chalice itself is made from a silver-bronze alloy and its main features include delicate gold filigree work, ornate handles and the use of semi-precious and coloured stones and enamels.
		Perhaps when the alarm was raised to signify the approach of soldiers, and in the hurry of the moment, the chalice was hidden to prevent it from falling into the wrong hands.
	www.limerickdioceseheritage.org /Ardagh/hyArdaghChalice.htm (964 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Chalice
		chalices in use among early Christians, the evidence seems to favour the prevalence of glass, though cups of the precious and of baser metals, of ivory, wood, and even clay were also in use.
		chalice, or at least the cup of it, must be made either of gold or of silver, and in the latter case the bowl must be gilt on the inside.
		chalices constructed for the liturgical use of the Church may still serve as an encouragement of all that is best in the craft of the worker in precious metals.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/03561a.htm (2846 words)

	RE: Ardagh Chalice - Is it Arthurs holy grail?
		This chalice was lost when "...One day her children took it out of the house to play with and...
		The Ardagh Chalice itself is made from a silver-bronze alloy and its main features include delicate gold filigree work, ornate handles and the use of semi-precious and coloured stones and enamels.
		Perhaps when the alarm was raised to signify the approach of soldiers, and in the hurry of the moment, the chalice was hidden to prevent it from falling into the wrong hands.
	www.new-tradition.org /forum/showthread.aspx?m=105156 (581 words)

	Limerick Diocesan Heritage Project - Ardagh Chalice
		The chalice may have been used on these occasions to distribute communion to the multitude that assembled there.
		Perhaps when the alarm was given, and in the hurry of the moment, the chalice were hidden to prevent them from falling into the wrong hands.
		The Ardagh Chalice is considered to be the finest specimen of Celtic art ever yet found.
	www.limerickdioceseheritage.org /Diocese/Ardagh%20Chalice.htm (398 words)

	a chalice
		Aldrien's Chalice is a Tavern in the Elder Scrolls Universe.
		The Flaming Chalice is the symbol of Unitarian Universalism
		Chalice Press: Chalice Press publishes books for readers who share an emphasis on unity in diversity and a critical/rational approach to biblical and theological matters.
	www.doshasfunk.com /a-chalice (2485 words)

	Celtic Warrior Collection by Fine Celtic Jewelry
		The most prized examples of Irish ecclesiastical metalwork, the Ardagh Chalice was discovered in 1868, together with a small bronze cup, four brooches, and a wooden cross in a potato field in Ardagh, County Limerick, Ireland.
		According to legend, Jimmy Quin and Paddy Flanagan were digging for potatoes (which they had grown inside the Ring Fort at Reerasta, near Ardagh, in an effort to avoid the effects of the potato blight of the Great Irish Famine), when they found the treasure hidden beneath the earth.
		Today, the Ardagh Chalice remains the most celebrated of Ireland's historical artifacts, literally the 'jewel in the crown' of all exhibits at the National Museum of Ireland, where it is now placed.
	www.finecelticjewelry.com /warrior.asp (348 words)

	Celtic Art - Part I of Irish History - Travel in Ireland.com
		The principal articles made by the artists were crosses; croziers ; chalices; bells; brooches; shrines or boxes to hold books or bells or relics and book satchels, in which the two materials, metal and leather, were used.
		The three most remarkable as well as the most beautiful objects in the Museum are the Cross of Cong, the Ardagh chalice, and the Tara brooch.
		The chalice was found buried in the ground under a stone at Ardagh, in the county Limerick.
	www.travelinireland.com /ireland_history/ireland_history2_art.htm (910 words)

	Excerpt
		In September 1868, young Jimmy Quin was digging potatoes in a ring-fort near the village of Ardagh in County Limerick.
		He cleared away the earth and found a beautiful gold and silver cup now known as the Ardagh Chalice, considered by many to be the finest specimen of Celtic art ever found.
		Like the Ardagh Chalice, the treasury of Celtic wisdom and lore lies not too far beneath the topsoil of memory.
	www.chalicecentre.net /excerpt.htm (972 words)

	History of the Ardagh chalice on Celtic Wedding Rings.com
		Along with the chalice, a number of objects were also found including a smaller bronze chalice, four ornate brooches, and a wooden cross.
		The Ardagh Chalice is undoubtedly one of the most prized examples of eighth century metalwork in existence today.
		The combination of silver, bronze and gold coupled with the artistic and technical expertise evident in its design, which are thought to be, quite literally, centuries ahead of their time ensure that The Ardagh Chalice remains the most celebrated of Ireland’s historical artefacts.
	www.celtic-weddingrings.com /ardagh-chalice.asp (475 words)

	Chalice - Webled.com
		[ a Chalice with a flame, the kind of Chalice which the Greeks and ]...
		[ The Chalice and the flame were brought together as a Unitarian symbol ]...
		It is used for wiping and drying the Chalice, ]...
	www.webled.com /Chalice.htm (484 words)

	Ardagh Chalice
		The Ardagh Chalice, which ranks with the Book of Kells as one of the finest known works of Celtic art, is thought to have been made in the 9th century AD.
		A large, two-handled silver cup, decorated with gold, gilt bronze, brass, lead pewter and enamel, assembled from 354 separate pieces.
		It was found in 1847, together with a small bronze cup and four brooches, by two boys, Jim Quin and Paddy Flanagan, digging in a potato field on the south-western side of a rath (ring fort) called Reerasta, beside the village of Ardagh, County Limerick, Ireland.
	www.xasa.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/a/ar/ardagh_chalice.html (212 words)

	National Geographic News @ nationalgeographic.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		This exquisite mid-eighth-century ministerial chalice, probably the most famous object in the National Museum of Ireland, is an example of the Irish Early Christian metalworker's craft.
		The names of the apostles are incised in a frieze around the bowl, below a girdle bearing inset gold wirework panels of animals, birds, and geometric interlace.
		The chalice was used to dispense Eucharistic wine to the faithful.
	news.nationalgeographic.com /news/2002/03/0315_gold1.html (72 words)

	Brooches
		The pendant has a 450mm (18 inch) stainless steel chain and the earrings have surgical steel hooks to reduce the risk of allergic reaction and all three are presentation boxed with information about the design and care of the pewter.
		The Ardagh Chalice is considered to be one of the finest examples of Celtic Christian metalwork.
		Made from silver and bronze in the seventh century, it is the inspiration for this handsome pendant and brooch set with garnet cabochons.
	www.kilts.com /brooches.htm (390 words)

	Ardagh Chalice, Cross of Cong, Tara Brooch
		The three most remarkable as well as the most beautiful and most elaborately ornamented objects in the National Museum are the Ardagh Chalice, the Tara Brooch, and the Cross of Cong, all made by Christian artists.
		The Ardagh Chalice, which is seven inches high and 9 ½ inches in diameter at top, was found a few years ago buried in the ground under a stone in an old lis at Ardagh in the county Limerick.
		It is elaborately ornamented with designs in metal and enamel; and, judging from its shape and from its admirable workmanship, it was probably made some short time before the tenth century.
	www.libraryireland.com /SocialHistoryAncientIreland/II-XII-3.php (536 words)

	Irish Jewelry - Irish Bracelets and Irish Bangles - Ardagh Bangle Wide
		The Ardagh Chalice is housed in Ireland’s Natural History Museum in Dublin.
		It is thought the chalice was hastily hidden because very little protection was placed around it.
		This piece takes it’s origin from this band and the design is enhanced by the two tone sterling silver and rolled gold.
	www.irishongrand.com /detail/569 (175 words)

	Ardagh Chalice
		Ardagh Chalice is one of the topics in focus at Global Oneness.
		Celtic art in the Middle Ages was practiced by the Celtic speaking people of Ireland and Britain in the 800 year period from the Roman withdrawal from Britain in the 5th century, to the establishment of Romanesque art in the 12th century.
		Main article: Celtic art In Ireland an unbroken Celtic heritage existed from before and through the Roman period in Britain, which had never reached the island, and thus the 5th to 7th centuries were mainly a continuation of the late Iron Age La Tene traditions, with only some minor Roman influences.
	www.experiencefestival.com /ardagh_chalice (1019 words)

	Celtic Mercantile
		The Celtic Warrior design originated from the Ardagh Chalice, Ireland's foremost treasure, which was discovered in 1868 by two men digging in a ring fort in Ardagh, Co. Limerick, Ireland.
		The chalice is the finest example of eighth century metalwork ever to be discovered.
		This men's Sterling Silver Celtic Warrior ring from the Ardagh Chalice is approximately 4.4mm in width.
	www.celticmercantile.com /subcategories.asp?intSubcategoryId=8&intCategoryId=2 (198 words)

	O'Reilly's Irish Jewelry , Celtic Brooches, Tara Brooch
		The Celtic warrior design originated from the Ardagh Chalice, Irelands foremost treasure which was discovered in 1868 by two men digging in a ring fort in Ardagh, Co Limerick.
		The chalice is the finest example of 8th century metalwork ever to be discovered.
		The chalice was discovered in 1868 by two men digging in a ring fort in Ardagh, Co Limerick, and is the finest example of 8th Century metalwork ever discovered.
	www.celtic-claddagh.com /index.cfm/loc/4/pt/2/step/browse/ct1_ID/105.htm (164 words)

	Newcastle West Golf Club.. on Golfmaster - Ireland:Limerick
		Newcastle West Golf Club was founded in 1938 but in 1994 moved to a splendid new course near the village of Ardagh, famed as the finding place of Ireland's National treasure "The Ardagh Chalice".
		The Arthur Spring designed course is set in 160 acres of unspoilt, rolling, quiet countryside.
		The spacious area makes each hole a separate entity and the fine cut stone buildings have been renovated to provide changing rooms while the old stables now house bar and restaurant facilities unique in atmosphere and character.
	www.golfmaster.ie /showdetail.asp?type=crs&id=236 (108 words)

	Buried Treasure \| TIME
		The Tipperary chalice is slightly larger than the Ardagh and may have been crafted in the same artisans' workshop.
		But the Ardagh chalice did not have a paten or strainer with it.
		The chalice, paten and strainer, when found, were covered with a beaten bronze bowl; experts presume that monks had deliberately hidden them in the bog, probably to protect them from marauding Irishmen or even Vikings.
	www.time.com /time/magazine/article/0,9171,921873,00.html (499 words)

	shopceltic
		The pendant is on a 600mm (24 inch) stainless steel chain and both the pendant and brooch are presentation boxed with information about the design and the care of pewter.
		The Ardagh Chalice is considered to be one of the finest examples of Celtic Christian metalwork.
		Made from silver and bronze in the seventh century, it is the inspiration for this handsome pendant and brooch set with garnet cabochons.
	www.piran-pewter.demon.co.uk /pages/shopceltic.htm (1121 words)

	EUROPE: Western / Grail Lore
		...So far as it is possible to collect any scraps of information regarding the chalices in use among early Christians, the evidence seems to favour the prevalence of glass, though cups of the precious and of baser metals, of ivory, wood, and even clay were also in use.
		...the so-called canons of Ælfric repeated the injunction that chalices of molten material, gold, silver, glass (glaesen) or tin should be used, not horn, and especially not wood.
		...Such monuments as the Ardagh chalice and the Tassilo chalice, both of Irish origin, stand almost alone in the information they afford of an otherwise unsuspected mechanical skill and richness of ornament, particularly in the matter of enamels, ina remote and barbarous age.
	www.mythinglinks.org /euro~west~grail.html (2980 words)

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		Ardagh Chalice.The Chalice was discovered in 1868 by
		It is the finest example of 8th Century metalwork ever discovered.
		The gold filigree band on the Chalice which you can see in great detail to your left above the Chalice, and the shield decorations, form the basis of the design featured in this Celtic Warrior Wedding ring.
	www.myirishjeweler.com /products/1317 (246 words)

	Tara Brooch
		The Tara Brooch, in the general character and exquisite style of its ornamentation, belongs to the same period of art as the Ardagh Chalice.
		It was found in 1850, near the sea-shore, by the child of a poor woman, who afterwards sold it in Drogheda.
		It exhibits seventy-six varieties of design, of the class found in the Ardagh Chalice and the early illuminated Irish MSS.
	www.libraryireland.com /IrishPictures/I-11.php (170 words)

	Ardagh Chalice Wedding Bands -- Jewelry -- A Bit O' Scot, a wee Welsh, but Mostly Irish. Celtic Gifts and Imports Since ...
		Ardagh Chalice Wedding Bands -- Jewelry -- A Bit O' Scot, a wee Welsh, but Mostly Irish.
		Inspired by one of Ireland's most treasured masterpieces, the 8th Century Ardagh Chalice.
		These bands are finished in soft Florentine ywlloe or white gold.
	www.mostlyirish.com /jewelry/wedding8.html (169 words)

	Lifting the cup - Indymedia Ireland
		It was modeled on the "Ardagh Chalice" one of Ireland's national treasures which is dated to the 9th century, the silver bronze alloy body has exceptional gold filagree work amd was found according to legend in 1847 the year of Ireland's "great famine" by a young boy searching for potatoes.
		Jimmy was her son and Mr Flanagan was a workman employed at the time by the Quin family.
		It has been suggested that it was he who actually found the chalice but that Quin took all the glory.
	indymedia.ie /article/72150 (932 words)

	Book of Kells (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The One of the finest pieces of metal artifacts ever made is the Ardagh Chalice.
		This bird is taken from the Cong Cross, a large processional cross made in the 11th century.
		The Ardagh Chalice was made in the 8th century, and is one of the finest pieces of metalwork ever created.
	www.kinsalesilver.com /kells.html (270 words)

	The Derrynaflan Chalice
		The article went on to tell of the dramatic find of a treasure hoard consisting of a "Chalice, larger and more elaborately decorated than the famed Ardagh Chalice, a strainer, and a large tray or paten together with its silver stand."
		The date or reason for concealment was not known although some experts suggest that it may have happened at a much later time.
		All of the discovered pieces of treasure were in need of professional restoration.
	www.tipperary-central.com /main/derryna/index.htm (422 words)

	Museum of Archaeology and History
		Exhibitions include the finest collection of prehistoric gold artefacts in western Europe, outstanding examples of metalwork from the Celtic Iron Age, as well as the Museum’s world-renowned collection of medieval ecclesiastical objects and jewellery.
		The Broighter Hoard,the Ardagh Chalice, the Tara Brooch and Derrynaflan Hoard are among the masterpieces on display.
		The Museum also houses a rich collection of Egyptian material and an historical exhibition which deals with the political background and events which culminated in the signing of the Anglo-Irish Treaty in 1921.
	www.museum.ie /archaeology (292 words)

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