Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1909:246 Macalister/1949:784 Petrie/1872:120 |
Site: | CLMAC |
Discovery: | first mentioned, 1822 Petrie, G. |
History: | Petrie/1872, 56: `Drawn by Dr. Petrie, at Clonmacnois, 1822'. Macalister/1899, 116, Macalister/1909, 46, and Macalister/1949, 63, all record the stone as lost. |
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, 56, and as lost in Macalister/1899, 116. Macalister/1899, 116, Macalister/1909, 46, and Macalister/1949, 63, all record the stone as lost. |
Form: | cross-slab |
Condition: | n/a , n/a |
Folklore: | none |
Crosses: | 1: latin; interlace; straight; half-round; plain; circular; inner curv; none; decorated |
Decorations: | Petrie/1872, 56: `the design...is interesting, being formed of interlaced bands, surrounded by a circle, and with a smaller circle entwined at the centre'. Macalister/1909, 46: `A cross enclosed in a circle; the cross consists of four bands, entwined two and two, with a small circle entwined with them: a most effective design'. Macalister/1949, 63: `Cross in a circle, the bands forming the arms interlacing at the centre'. |
Petrie, G. (1822): | +RECHTAR Expansion: +RECHTAR Macalister/1909 46 reading only Macalister/1949 63 reading only Petrie/1872 56 reading only |
Orientation: | horizontal |
Position: | n/a ; broad ; inc ; separated |
Incision: | inc |
Date: | None published |
Language: | name only (rbook) |
Ling. Notes: | none |
Palaeography: | CISP: The lettering is Insular half-uncial. The first R and the H appear to have had wedge-shaped finials. The two forms of R are different. The first is half-uncial, the second majuscule. The T has a curved ascender and a flat top-stroke. The H is minuscule and the E is in the closed minuscule form. |
Legibility: | n/a |
Lines: | 1 |
Carving errors: | 0 |
Doubtful: | no |