IRISH Bronze BOOK OF KELLS CAT Sculpture Made In Ireland WITH TAG PANGUR BAN
Item History & Price
| Reference Number: Avaluer:5261083 | Country/Region of Manufacture: Ireland |
Super cool cast bronze cat -Pangur Ban-from the Book of Kells. This piece was cast by hand at the Wild Goose Studio, Kinsale, Co. Cark, Ireland. See poem far bottom about this famous cat!
Measures 5" at a diagonal and slightly over an inch deep. This piece stands on its own or can hang on the wall. In great vintage condition-complete with tag on back from Wild Goose Studio.
History of the famous cat:
"Pangur Bán" is an Old Irish poem, written about the 9th centur...y at or around Reichenau Abbey. It was written by an Irish monk, and is about his cat. ... The poem is preserved in the Reichenau Primer (Stift St. Paul Cod. 86b/1 fol 1v) and now kept in St. Paul's Abbey in the Lavanttal.
I and Pangur Bán my cat,
‘Tis a like task we are at:
Hunting mice is his delight,
Hunting words I sit all night.Better far than praise of men
‘Tis to sit with book and pen;
Pangur bears me no ill-will,
He too plies his simple skill.‘Tis a merry task to see
At our tasks how glad are we,
When at home we sit and find
Entertainment to our mind.Oftentimes a mouse will stray
In the hero Pangur’s way;
Oftentimes my keen thought set
Takes a meaning in its net.‘Gainst the wall he sets his eye
Full and fierce and sharp and sly;
‘Gainst the wall of knowledge I
All my little wisdom try.When a mouse darts from its den,
O how glad is Pangur then!
O what gladness do I prove
When I solve the doubts I love!So in peace our task we ply,
Pangur Bán, my cat, and I;
In our arts we find our bliss,
I have mine and he has his.Practice every day has made
Pangur perfect in his trade;
I get wisdom day and night
Turning darkness into light.WONDERFUL
Measures 5" at a diagonal and slightly over an inch deep. This piece stands on its own or can hang on the wall. In great vintage condition-complete with tag on back from Wild Goose Studio.
History of the famous cat:
"Pangur Bán" is an Old Irish poem, written about the 9th centur...y at or around Reichenau Abbey. It was written by an Irish monk, and is about his cat. ... The poem is preserved in the Reichenau Primer (Stift St. Paul Cod. 86b/1 fol 1v) and now kept in St. Paul's Abbey in the Lavanttal.
I and Pangur Bán my cat,
‘Tis a like task we are at:
Hunting mice is his delight,
Hunting words I sit all night.Better far than praise of men
‘Tis to sit with book and pen;
Pangur bears me no ill-will,
He too plies his simple skill.‘Tis a merry task to see
At our tasks how glad are we,
When at home we sit and find
Entertainment to our mind.Oftentimes a mouse will stray
In the hero Pangur’s way;
Oftentimes my keen thought set
Takes a meaning in its net.‘Gainst the wall he sets his eye
Full and fierce and sharp and sly;
‘Gainst the wall of knowledge I
All my little wisdom try.When a mouse darts from its den,
O how glad is Pangur then!
O what gladness do I prove
When I solve the doubts I love!So in peace our task we ply,
Pangur Bán, my cat, and I;
In our arts we find our bliss,
I have mine and he has his.Practice every day has made
Pangur perfect in his trade;
I get wisdom day and night
Turning darkness into light.WONDERFUL
