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The Soiscél Molaisse (English: Gospel of St. Molaisse) is a Medieval Irish carrying case for a holy book or "cumdach", decorated in the Insular style. Until the late 18th century, the case held a now-lost companion text, presumed to be a small illuminated gospel book associated with the 6th century Saint Laisrén mac Nad Froích, known as Mo Laisse. The 8th century original wooden box was embellished c. 1001–1025 with a silver frame, including embossed silver plates, a frontispiece depicting a cross, the figures and symbols of the evangelists, and Latin inscriptions. During the 14th or 15th centuries further silver elements were incorporated, though most have been lost. The Soiscél Molaisse is the earliest and smallest surviving cumdach. The small size of the Soiscél Molaisse indicates that its companion text was meant to be carried as a pocket gospel book. The cumdach is now in the collection of the archaeology branch of the National Museum of Ireland in Dublin. (Full article...)
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Hi Ceoil and congratulations. A draft blurb for this article is above. Thoughts, comments and edits from you or from anyone else interested are welcome. Gog the Mild (talk) 12:55, 4 November 2021 (UTC)
- Hi Gog the Mild That looks good to me. Can ye hold before scheduling though, as want to get a better lead image (its off in a darkened corner in the museum, with no lighting and a sever angle, so incredibly difficult to photograph. Last time was a total failure as I wasnt expecting it to be so difficult, will be back there later in month. Ceoil (talk) 20:40, 1 December 2021 (UTC)
- Hi Ceoil, I have just noticed that this has been scheduled for 24 December - a prime spot. If this doesn't suit you may be able to persuade the scheduler (not me, I did November) to hold off. Leave a message on Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/December 2021. Gog the Mild (talk) 22:13, 1 December 2021 (UTC)