designed to be held in a pocket. Stowe Missal The Stowe Missal is a sacramentary dating to about 750. Its consists of metalwork plaques attached with nails to an older oak container. The metalwork is elaborately decorated, with some animal and human figures, and one face and the sides probably date to between 1027 and 1033, on the basis of inscriptions recording its donation and making, while the other face is later, and can be dated to about 1375, again from its inscriptions. The older "lower" face, which has become detached from the case, is in silver-gilt copper alloy, with a large cross inside a border that carries the inscription in Irish, which also runs along the arms of the cross. The centre of the cross was later replaced ("severely embellished" as the National Museum put it), probably at the same time as the later face, by a setting for a now missing large stone with four lobed sections, similar to the centre of the lower face. The inscription has missing sections because of this, but can mostly be reconstructed as asking for a prayer for the abbot of Lorrha, Mathgamain Ua Cathail () and for Find Ua Dúngalaigh, king of Múscraige Tíre (). Cathach of St. Columba The Cathach of St. Columba, also known as The Cathach, is probably the best-known . Built for the Cathach of St. Columba, an important psalter usually dated to just after the death of Colum Cille in 597, it is probably the earliest Irish book to survive and a very prestigious relic. The manuscript belonged to the O'Donnells while its shrine was famously used as a battle standard. The initial metalwork dates from 1072–1098 at Kells, when a new protective casing of wood and silver was added. The frontpiece was added in the 14th century, and included a large seated Christ in Majesty flanked by scenes of the Crucifixion and saints in gilt repoussé. It was taken to the continent in 1691 following the Treaty of Limerick, and did not return to Ireland until 1813. That year the was reopened, leading to the rediscovery of the manuscript. It was by then in very poor condition, but underwent a major restoration in 1982 when the extant pages were rebound and remounted on vellum leaves. Shrine of Miosach The Shrine of Miosach (or The Misach) originates from Clonmany, County Donegal, and was also used in