CLMAC/195

Corpus Refs:Macalister/1909:254
Macalister/1949:791
Petrie/1872:154
Site:CLMAC
Discovery:first mentioned, 1822 Petrie, G.
History:Petrie/1872, 69: `Drawn by Dr. Petrie at Clonmacnois, in the year 1822'.

Macalister/1899, 116, Macalister/1909, 47, 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:Petrie/1872, 69, records the stone as extant in 1822. Macalister/1899, 116, records the stone as lost by 1899.
Macalister/1899, 116, Macalister/1909, 47, and Macalister/1949, 63, all record the stone as lost.
Form:cross-slab
Condition:n/a , n/a
Folklore:none
Crosses:1: latin; outline; straight; half-round; circular; none; inner curv; other; decorated
Decorations:

Macalister/1909, 47: `Three-line cross with circular central, semicircular terminal and heart-shaped basal expansion'.

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Inscriptions


CLMAC/195/1     Pictures

Readings

Petrie, G. (1822):O~R~ || DOMA | EL || [EO]AIN
Expansion:
OROIT DO MAEL[EO]AIN
Translation:
Pray for Maeleoain (PN).
Macalister/1909 47 reading only
Petrie/1872 69 reading only
Macalister, R.A.S. (1949):O~R~ || DOMA | EL || [E]OAIN
Expansion:
OROIT DO MAEL[E]OAIN
Macalister/1949 63 reading only

Notes

Orientation:vertical down
Position:n/a ; broad ; within quadrants ; quadrant
Incision:inc
Date:None published
Language:Goidelic (rbook)
Ling. Notes:none
Palaeography:CISP: The lettering is Insular half-uncial. The A's are in the 'OC' form. The D has an ascender which bends to the left over an open bow. The Es are in the closed minuscule form. The L is curved and the R is majuscule. The N and M have curved top strokes.
Legibility:n/a
Lines:2
Carving errors:0
Doubtful:no

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