The Clonmacnoise Crozier is a late-11th-century Insular crozier that would have been used as a ceremonial staff for bishops and high-status abbots. Discovered before 1821 in the monastery of Clonmacnoise in County Offaly, Ireland, it consists of a shaft and curved crook, decorated with elements of Viking art. It may have been associated with Saint Ciarán of Clonmacnoise (died c. 549), and was perhaps commissioned by Tigernach Ua Braín (died 1088), Abbot of Clonmacnoise, but little is known of its origin or rediscovery. Largely intact, it is one of the best preserved pieces of Insular metalwork. The antiquarian and collector Henry Charles Sirr, Lord Mayor of Dublin, held it until the Royal Irish Academy acquired his collection on his death in 1844. It was transferred to the archaeology branch of the National Museum of Ireland on Kildare Street on the branch's foundation in 1890. The archaeologist and art historian Griffin Murray has described it as "one of [the] finest examples of early medieval metalwork from Ireland".

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1810:

The Primera Junta, the first independent government in Argentina, was established in an open cabildo in Buenos Aires, marking the end of the May Revolution. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_Revolution

1944:

The Wehrmacht and their collaborationist allies launched Operation Rösselsprung, a failed attempt to assassinate the Yugoslav Partisan leader Josip Broz Tito. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_R%C3%B6sselsprung_%281944%29

1962:

The Baltimore Steam Packet Company, the last overnight steamboat service in the United States, went out of business. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltimore_Steam_Packet_Company

2012:

In a test flight, SpaceX's Dragon became the first commercial spacecraft to rendezvous and berth with the International Space Station. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceX_Dragon

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

overt: Open and not concealed or secret. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/overt

___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:

Voice, come out of the silence. Say something. Appear in the form of a spider Or a moth beating the curtain. Tell me: Which is the way I take; Out of what door` do I go, Where and to whom? Dark hollows said, lee to the wind, The moon said, back of an eel, The salt said, look by the sea, Your tears are not enough praise, You will find no comfort here, In the kingdom of bang and blab.   --Theodore Roethke https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Theodore_Roethke