| Corpus Refs: | Kermode/1907:27 Macalister/1949:1067 |
| Site: | MAUGH |
| Discovery: | non-arch dig, 1900 Kermode, P.M.C. |
| History: | Kermode/1907, 111: `I found this priceless relic in the rubbish thrown out by the workmen engaged in the repairs at Maughold Church in September, 1900...It was found at a depth of three feet or more near the east end of the north wall'. Kermode/1902a, 126, states the stone was found at a depth of four feet. Macalister/1949, 190, states the stone was still at Maughold. |
| Geology: | Kermode/1910-1911, 5: `local clay-schist'. |
| Dimensions: | 0.69 x 0.22 x 0.06 (converted from Kermode/1907) |
| Setting: | in display |
| Location: | Manx Museum (Cat: MM 47) The stone is now in the `cross-house' at Maughold. |
| Form: | cross-slab |
| Condition: | complete , some Kermode/1902a, 127, states the stone `is almost perfect, only a little piece of the upper right-hand corner having been broken off'. Macalister/1949, 190, speaks of `an unfortunate fracture' on the stone. Kermode/1910-1911, reprinted in Kermode/1994, Appendix A, 5, refers to flaking on the stone.
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| Folklore: | none |
| Crosses: | 1: latin; linear; expanded; expanded; n/a; none; none; none; n/a 2: latin; linear; expanded; expanded; n/a; none; none; none; n/a |
| Decorations: | other Kermode/1907, 111: `one face only is decorated, having a hexafoil design, which here may be regarded as a form of cross evolved from the Chi-Rho symbol. The surrounding circle, bordered by a single line inside and three lines outside...Just below the circle are two crosslets'. Cubbon/1971, 7: `Clearly-cut hexafoil pattern within circles, below which are two well-cut crosses with small arcs curving from the expanded upper arm, representing the `chi-rho' early Christian symbol'. |
| Kermode, P.M.C. (1901): | NEITAPLIEPPCDEINSVLF[---]{BPAT} Expansion: NEITAPLI EPPC DE INSVLAE [---]BPAT Kermode/1902a 126-127 reading only |
| Kermode, P.M.C. (1907): | [..]X[RI..NO]NEITSPLIEPPSDEIINSVL[.]{BPAT} Expansion: [..]CHR[ISTI NOMI]NE ITSPLI EPPS DEI INSVL[S...]BPAT Translation: In Christ's name [...] Bishop of God in the Isle[s..]. Kermode/1907 74, 111 reading only |
| Kermode, P.M.C. (1910): | X[--]NEITSPLI EPPSDEIINSVLI[.]{BPAT} Expansion: CHR[ISTI NOMI]NE ITSPLI EPISCOPUS DEI INSVLI [.]BPAT Kermode/1910-1911 5 reading only |
| Collingwood, W.G. (1927): | [XROS]NEITSPB{E/T}EPP DEI Expansion: [CHRISTOS] NEIT SANCTI PRESBYTERI ET EPISCOPI DEI Collingwood/1927 137 reading only |
| Allan, D. (1930): | [IN]X[PINO]NEITSPLIEPPSDEIINSULIS{[A]BPAT} Expansion: [IN] CHR[ISTO NOMI]NE ITSPLI EPISCOPUS DEI INSULIS [A]BPAT Translation: In the name of Christ Itspli (PN) Bishop of God in the Isles, Abbot. Allan/1930 11 reading only |
| Macalister, R.A.S. (1949): | XPINO[MI]NEITSPLIEPPSDEINNSVL{CBPATE/TG} Expansion: CHRISTI NO[MI]NE ITSPLI EPISCOPUS DEI INNSVL CBPAT ET G Macalister/1949 190 reading only |
| Cubbon, A. (1982): | XIIRNEITSPBIEPPSDEIINSUL[--] Expansion: CHRISTI IRNEIT SANCTI PRESBYTERI EPISCOPI SANCTI DEI INSUL [--] Translation: Of Christ, Irneit (PN), Holy Priest, Holy Bishop of God {insul}. Cubbon/1982 261 reading only |
| Orientation: | circular |
| Position: | n/a ; broad ; on cross ; other Kermode/1907, 111: `The surrounding circle...contains an inscription'. |
| Incision: | cut |
| Date: | 600 - 633 (Kermode/1910-1911) 700 - 899 (Kermode/1907) 600 - 699 (Allan/1930) 666 - 699 (Cubbon/1982) 666 - 799 (Cubbon/1971) 666 - 699 (Megaw/1950) 700 - 899 (Kermode/1929) |
| Language: | Latin (rcaps) |
| Ling. Notes: | none |
| Palaeography: | Kermode/1902a, 127: `Roman capitals with some minuscule'. Macalister/1949, 190: `fantastic capitals rather than half-uncials'. Cubbon/1971, 7: `debased Roman characters'. The inscription is in a mixture of capitals and minuscules. There is the H form of N along side the more usual form, minuscule d, perhaps an ET ligature, and L with the oblique stroke curled upwards at the end, and Ps with the bow in the middle of the upright. After the word 'INSULI' there is the supposed ET ligature, following this the letters are up-side-down and read from the other direction ABPAT. |
| Legibility: | some Macalister/1949, 190: `not very easy to decipher'.
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| Lines: | 1 |
| Carving errors: | 0 |
| Doubtful: | no |
| Kermode, P.M.C. (1907): | [FEC]IINX~P~I~ | NOMINE | CRUCISX~P~I~ | IMAGENEM Expansion: [FEC]I IN CHRISTI NOMINE CRUCIS CHRISTI IMAGENEM Translation: [I have made] in Christ's name an image of the cross of Christ. Kermode/1907 74 reading only |
| Kermode, P.M.C. (1910): | [--]IINX~P~I~ | NOMINE | CRUCISX~P~I~ | IMAGENEM Expansion: [--]I IN CHRISTI NOMINE CRUCIS CHRISTI IMAGENEM Kermode/1910-1911 350 reading only |
| Allan, D. (1930): | [IN]IUX~P~I~ | NOMINE | CRUCISX~P~I~ | IMAGENEM Expansion: [IN] IHESU CHRISTI NOMINE CRUCIS CHRISTI IMAGENEM Translation: In the name of Jesus Christ a figure of the cross of Christ. Allan/1930 11 reading only |
| Macalister, R.A.S. (1949): | IN I~H~UX~P~I~ | NOMINE | CRVCISX~P~I~ | IMAGENEM Expansion: IN IHESU CHRISTI NOMINE CRVCIS CHRISTI IMAGENEM Macalister/1949 190 reading only |
| Cubbon, A.M. (1982): | INIHUX~P~I~ | NOMINE | CRUCISX~P~I~ | IMAGENEM Expansion: IN IHESU CHRISTI NOMINE CRUCIS CHRISTI IMAGENEM Translation: In the name of Jesus Christ. In the Image of the cross of Christ. Cubbon/1982 261 reading only |
| Orientation: | vertical down |
| Position: | inc ; broad ; beside cross ; separated Kermode/1907, 111, states that the inscription runs down the sides of the two crosslets. |
| Incision: | cut |
| Date: | 600 - 633 (Kermode/1910-1911) 700 - 899 (Kermode/1907) 700 - 899 (Kermode/1929b) 600 - 699 (Allan/1930) 666 - 699 (Megaw/1950) 666 - 799 (Cubbon/1971) 666 - 699 (Cubbon/1982) |
| Language: | Latin (rcaps) |
| Ling. Notes: | none |
| Palaeography: | Kermode/1907, 112: `we have here the diamond-shaped O, the N like an H, and the M like a double H, all characteristics of the Hiberno-Saxon manuscripts and sculptured stones of the period. Other characteristic forms are the square-shaped C and the peculiar G, the like of which I have not seen elsewhere. But some of the letters are minuscules, as p, d, b, r, and a; while in the contraction for CHRISTI, in each case the R differs from the ordinary small R in CRUCIS, representing, in fact, the Greek Rho!'. |
| Legibility: | some Kermode/1907, 111, states that only one word of this inscription is defaced. |
| Lines: | 4 |
| Carving errors: | 0 |
| Doubtful: | no |