battle. Originally a late 11th century relic, it was re-worked in 1534 by the goldsmith Brian O'Morrison with repoussé silver decoration with many figures round a cross. O'Morrison added twelve front plates in three arrangements, including depictions the crowned Virgin and Child in the smaller inner panels, and, in four larger panels, Saint Bridget, St. Patrick and Colm Cille. There is no record of what the original container might have held. The object was at first associated with St Cairneach of Dulane, County Meath, but by the Gothic period had been "absorbed into the cult of St Columba". The 11th century cast copper alloy plates on the sides are decorated with openwork zoomorphic illustrations. Its metal cord survives for carrying it, and it was probably round the neck. Domnach Airgid The reworking of the Domnach Airgid, whose title translated in English as the Silver church, dates to the 8th century, but little is visible from before major additions dated to under commission by the abbot of Clones. A three-dimensional figure of Christ crucified is at the centre of the main face, accompanied by relief plaques of saints, the Virgin and Child and other scenes on the sides. The reliefs are more sophisticated compared to the other known 14th-century , with elegant running animals on small mounts at the corners. It is signed by its goldsmith John O Bardan, who is recorded living at Drogheda; by then goldsmiths in Ireland, as elsewhere in Europe, were usually laymen. Book of Dimma The Book of Dimma cumdach dates to the 12th century and was built for the small 8th-century manuscript known as the Book of Dimma. The manuscript is traditionally associated with the abbey's founder St Crónán ( 619). Its small size indicated it was intended as a portable pocket book used for study or contemplation. It is made up of copies of four Gospels and contains stylised portraits of the Apostles St. Matthew, St. Mark and St. Luke. The shrine consists of a shell of decorated bronze plates, and like its illuminated manuscript originates from the abbey of Roscrea. The first phase of the was completed during a period of prosperity for the abbey, and broadly coincides with the building of a Romanesque church on the site. It was refurbished by one of the chieftains of the local Ua Cerbaill family. One face of the 's panels of openwork decoration in Viking