CLMAC/184

Corpus Refs:Macalister/1909:242
Macalister/1949:780
Petrie/1872:114
Site:CLMAC
Discovery:first mentioned, 1822 Petrie, G.
History:Petrie/1872, 54: `Drawn by Dr. Petrie, at Clonmacnois, in the year 1822'.

Macalister/1899, 116, records the stone as lost, as does Macalister/1909, 46, and Macalister/1949, 62.

Geology:
Dimensions:0.0 x 0.0 x 0.0 (Unknown)
Setting:Lost (present 1822, missing 1899)
Location:Recorded as extant in 1822 in Petrie/1872, 54, and as lost in 1899 in Macalister/1899, 116.
Macalister/1899, 116, records the stone as lost, as does Macalister/1909, 46, and Macalister/1949, 62.
Form:cross-slab
Condition:n/a , n/a
Folklore:none
Crosses:1: latin; linear; straight; expanded; plain; angular; none; none; n/a
2: latin; linear; straight; expanded; plain; none; none; none; n/a
3: latin; linear; straight; expanded; plain; none; none; none; n/a
Decorations:

Macalister/1909, 46: `A very curious stone bearing three crosslets pattee fitchée, one of them enclosed in a space singularly like a medieval shield'.

Macalister/1949, 62: `Cross inverted inside a shield-shaped enclosure: two crosslets on the sinister side'.

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Inscriptions


CLMAC/184/1     Pictures

Readings

Petrie, G. (1822):--]DELLACH
Expansion:
--]DELLACH
Macalister/1909 46 reading only
Macalister/1949 62 reading only
Petrie/1872 53 reading only

Notes

Orientation:horizontal
Position:n/a ; broad ; above cross ; separated
Incision:inc
Date:None published
Language:name only (rbook)
Ling. Notes:none
Palaeography:CISP: The lettering is Insular half-uncial. The A is in the 'OC' form and the Ls and H have wedge-shaped finials. The H is minuscule, and the D has a vertical ascender. The E is in the closed minuscule form and the Ls are curved.
Legibility:n/a
Lines:1
Carving errors:0
Doubtful:no

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