Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1909:249 Macalister/1949:786 Petrie/1872:128 |
Site: | CLMAC |
Discovery: | first mentioned, 1822 Petrie, G. |
History: | Petrie/1872, 59: `Drawn by Dr. Petrie at Clonmacnois, in 1822'. Macalister/1899, 116 records the stone as lost, as does Macalister/1909, 46--47, and Macalister/1949, 63. |
Geology: | |
Dimensions: | 0.0 x 0.0 x 0.0 (Unknown) |
Setting: | Lost (present 1822, missing 1899) |
Location: | Petrie/1872, 59, records the stone as extant in 1822. Macalister/1899, 116, records the stone as lost. Macalister/1899, 116 records the stone as lost, as does Macalister/1909, 46--47, and Macalister/1949, 63. |
Form: | cross-slab |
Condition: | n/a , n/a |
Folklore: | none |
Crosses: | 1: latin; interlace; straight; expanded; circular; none; inner curv; angular; decorated |
Decorations: | geometric ribbon interlace Macalister/1949, 63: `Lower part of a cross with looped rectangular expansion, and interlacing enrichments'. Macalister/1909, 46--47: `A beautiful and most peculiar cross...it had a circular central, and looped square terminal expansions. The centre had in the middle a square, surrounded by four lozenges at the roots of the arms, head and base of the cross; each of these five spaces had a knot in the centre. There were also elaborate knots on the arms extending into the square expansions'. |
Petrie, G. (1822): | [ORD] || OMUIRGUS | [--] || DEIC[OLA] Expansion: [OROIT D]O MUIRGUS [--]DEIC[OLAE] Translation: Pray for Muirgus Deicola (PN). Macalister/1909 47 reading only Macalister/1949 63 reading only Petrie/1872 59 reading only |
Macalister, R.A.S. (1909): | [ORD] || OMUIRGUS | [--] || DEIC Expansion: [OROIT D]O MUIRGUS [--]DEIC Macalister/1909 47 reading only Macalister/1949 63 reading only |
Orientation: | vertical down |
Position: | n/a ; broad ; within quadrants ; quadrant |
Incision: | inc |
Date: | None published |
Language: | Goidelic (rbook) |
Ling. Notes: | none |
Palaeography: | CISP: The lettering is Insular half-uncial. The G and E have wedge-shaped finials. The initial O is almost heart-shaped, while the open bow of the D certainly is. The D also has an ascender which bends to the left over this bow. The U's are flat-bottomed, with descenders extending below the bottom stroke. The G is half-uncial. The E is uncial with an extended horizontal stroke. The M has curved top strokes and the R is majuscule. |
Legibility: | n/a |
Lines: | 2 |
Carving errors: | 0 |
Doubtful: | no |