Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1909:149 Macalister/1949:708 Petrie/1872:132 |
Site: | CLMAC |
Discovery: | first mentioned, 1822 Petrie, G. |
History: | Petrie/1872, 61: `Drawn by Dr. Petrie at Clonmacnois, in 1822'. Macalister/1909, 30, records the stone as still on site, but Macalister/1949, 54, states, `I did not find this slab on my last visit'. |
Geology: | |
Dimensions: | 1.07 x 0.53 x 0.11 (converted from Macalister/1949) |
Setting: | Lost (present 1905, missing 1949) |
Location: | Macalister/1909, 30, records the stone on site.
Macalister/1949, 54, records the stone as lost. |
Form: | cross-slab |
Condition: | complete , good |
Folklore: | none |
Crosses: | 1: latin; outline; straight; half-round; circular; none; inner curv; none; decorated |
Decorations: | other Macalister/1909, 30, argues that the cross is identical with those on CLMAC/113 and CLMAC/114 and that it is a `three line cross, with circular expansions containing triskelions and blank semi-circular terminals'. |
Petrie, G. (1822): | O~R~ || DOFLA | NNCHAD Expansion: OROIT DO FLANNCHAD Translation: Pray for Flannchad (PN). Macalister/1909 30 reading only Macalister/1949 54 reading only Petrie/1872 61 reading only |
Orientation: | vertical down |
Position: | n/a ; broad ; within quadrants ; separated |
Incision: | inc |
Date: | 1001 - 1002 (Petrie/1872) 1001 - 1003 (Lionard/1961) |
Language: | Goidelic (rbook) |
Ling. Notes: | none |
Palaeography: | CISP: The inscription is in half-uncial. The initial OR has a contraction mark over it. The O's taper downwards; the R has a horizontal cross-stroke with a slight upwards flourish at its end; the D's have ascenders which bend leftwards over an open bow; the F has a flat, rather than curved top stroke; the 2nd A is in the `OC' form, and the H has a wedge-shaped finial atop its ascender. |
Legibility: | good |
Lines: | 2 |
Carving errors: | 0 |
Doubtful: | no |
Lionard/1961, 166, accepts this identification.