Claregalway Franciscan Friary, north chancel wall, tomb niche, arch

Abstract

Tomb niche in north nave wall. Moulding at inner surface has cusps, and from these outward comprises: fillet, three-quarter hollow, fillet, quadrant, fillet, chamfer (can be read as roll with two fillets), chamfer, right-angled rebate, quadrant, fillet, three-quarter hollow, fillet, quadrant, fillet, chamfer (can be read as roll with two fillets), chamfer, flat surface of wall. The three-quarter hollow flanked by fillets is an unusual moulding in medieval Ireland, Morris sees it as the ancestor of the casement. It also occurs at Athenry.