Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1909:235 Macalister/1949:774 Petrie/1872:75 |
Site: | CLMAC |
Discovery: | first mentioned, 1822 Petrie, G. |
History: | Petrie/1872, 37: `Drawn by Dr. Petrie at Clonmacnois, in the year 1822'. Macalister/1899, 116, Macalister/1909, 44, and Macalister/1949, 61, all record the stone as lost. |
Geology: | |
Dimensions: | 0.0 x 0.0 x 0.0 (Unknown) |
Setting: | Lost (present 1822, missing 1899) |
Location: | Petrie/1872, 37, states it was extant in 1822. It was lost by the time of Macalister/1899, 116. Macalister/1899, 116, Macalister/1909, 44, and Macalister/1949, 61, all record the stone as lost. |
Form: | cross-slab |
Condition: | n/a , n/a |
Folklore: | none |
Crosses: | 1: latin; outline; straight; plain; round holl; none; inner curv; tenon; plain |
Decorations: | Petrie/1872, 37: `A small Irish cross'. Macalister/1949, 61: `Wheel cross, fitchée'. |
Petrie, G. (1822): | TOIC || THEG Expansion: TOICTHEG Macalister/1909 44 reading only Macalister/1949 61 reading only Petrie/1872 37 reading only |
Orientation: | circular |
Position: | n/a ; broad ; above cross ; undivided |
Incision: | inc |
Date: | 895 - 895 (Petrie/1872) Petrie/1872, 37: this dating is based on the assocation of Toictheg with 'Toicthiuch' who, the Annals of the Four Masters recorded dying in A.D. 895 at Inis Aingin, or Hare Island, a centre associated with Clonmacnoise. |
Language: | name only (rbook) |
Ling. Notes: | none |
Palaeography: | CISP: The lettering is Insular half-uncial. The minuscule H appears to have a wedge-shaped finial atop its ascender. The Ts are half-uncial with curved ascenders and flat top-strokes. The G is half-uncial and the E appears to have been in the closed minuscule form. |
Legibility: | n/a |
Lines: | 1 |
Carving errors: | 0 |
Doubtful: | no |