Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1909:24 Macalister/1949:620 Petrie/1872:160 |
Site: | CLMAC |
Discovery: | first mentioned, 1822 Petrie, G. |
History: | Petrie/1872, 71: `Drawn by Dr. Petrie at Clonmacnois, in 1822'. Recorded as still on site in Macalister/1949, 45. |
Geology: | |
Dimensions: | 1.55 x 0.71 x 0.1 (converted from Macalister/1949) |
Setting: | inc |
Location: | on site |
Form: | name-slab |
Condition: | complete , good |
Folklore: | none |
Crosses: | 1: latin; outline; straight; plain; plain; none; none; none; plain 2: latin; outline; straight; plain; plain; none; none; none; plain |
Decorations: | Macalister/1909, 5: `the two small crosses above [the inscription] form an unusual feature'. |
Petrie, G. (1822): | MA/ELIOHAINEP~S Expansion: MAELIOHAIN EPISCOPUS Expansion: MAELIOHAIN EPSCOP Macalister/1909 5--6 reading only Macalister/1949 45 reading only Petrie/1872 70 reading only |
Orientation: | horizontal |
Position: | n/a ; broad ; below cross ; undivided |
Incision: | inc |
Date: | 918 - 918 (Lionard/1961) 918 - 918 (Macalister/1949) |
Language: | Incomplete Information (rbook) |
Ling. Notes: | The abbreviation EPS with contraction mark could stand for either Old Irish epscop, or Latin episcopus, making the choice of language an uncertain one. |
Palaeography: | CISP: The inscription is in half-uncial, the A is in the `OC' form and the first example is ligatured with an E. The E is open and the middle stroke is elongated. The P is open-bowed; the S is minuscule and the L and I's have wedge-shaped finials. The contraction mark over the P of EPS indicates the commemorand as a bishop. |
Legibility: | good The inscription is clear. |
Lines: | 1 |
Carving errors: | 0 |
Doubtful: | no |