CLMAC/105

Corpus Refs:Macalister/1909:141
Macalister/1949:701
Petrie/1872:83
Site:CLMAC
Discovery:first mentioned, 1822 Petrie, G.
History:Petrie/1872, 41: `This stone was found near St. Ciaran's well, at Clonmacnois'.

Macalister/1909, 28: `This cross stands at the holy well of St. Ciaran, about a quarter of a mile down the Shannon from Clonmacnois'.

Macalister/1949, 54: `Standing at St. Ciaran's well, about a quarter of a mile from the cemetery down the Shannon'.

Geology:
Dimensions:0.66 x 0.26 x 0.13 (converted from Macalister/1949)
Setting:inc
Location:on site
Macalister/1949, 54: `Standing at St. Ciaran's well, about a quarter of a mile from the cemetery down the Shannon'.
Form:cross-slab
Condition:incomplete , some
Folklore:none
Crosses:1: latin; outline; straight; half-round; circular; none; inner curv; none; decorated
Decorations:geometric key pattern

Macalister/1909, 28: `the terminal expansions are...semicircular'.

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Inscriptions


CLMAC/105/1     Pictures

Readings

Petrie, G. (1822):O~R~DO || FECHTNACH
Expansion:
OROIT DO FECHTNACH
Translation:
Pray for Fechtnach (PN).
Macalister/1909 28 reading only
Macalister/1949 54 reading only
Petrie/1872 41 reading only

Notes

Orientation:vertical down
Position:n/a ; broad ; within quadrants ; separated
The inscription runs vertically in one line through the two right-hand quadrants.
Incision:inc
Date:786 - 786 (Petrie/1872)
Language:Goidelic (rbook)
Ling. Notes:none
Palaeography:CISP: The inscription is in half-uncial with an initial textual cross. The OR has a contraction mark over it, with an oval-shaped O (as is the 2nd example) and a majuscule R; the D has an ascender which bends to the left; the F is half-uncial and the E is closed.
Legibility:good
Lines:1
Carving errors:0
Doubtful:no

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