CLMAC/112

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'.

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Inscriptions


CLMAC/112/1     Pictures

Readings

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

Notes

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

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