Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1909:63 Macalister/1949:642 Petrie/1872:62 |
Site: | CLMAC |
Discovery: | first mentioned, 1822 Petrie, G. |
History: | Petrie/1872, 34, `Drawn by Dr. Petrie at Clonmacnois, in the year 1822'. Recorded as still on site in Macalister/1949, 47. |
Geology: | |
Dimensions: | 0.39 x 0.37 x 0.08 (converted from Macalister/1949) |
Setting: | inc |
Location: | on site |
Form: | cross-slab |
Condition: | complete , good |
Folklore: | none |
Crosses: | 1: equal-armed; outline; straight; plain; circular; angular; inner curv; none; decorated |
Decorations: | Macalister/1909, 13: `Four-line cross, the two outer lines forming a voided circle that contains the intersection, all inside a two-line margin'. |
Petrie, G. (1872): | SNEDGUS Expansion: SNEDGUS Macalister/1909 13 reading only Macalister/1949 47 reading only Petrie/1872 34 reading only |
Orientation: | horizontal |
Position: | n/a ; broad ; above cross ; separated |
Incision: | inc |
Date: | None published |
Language: | name only (rbook) |
Ling. Notes: | none |
Palaeography: | CISP: The inscription is in half-uncial. The initial S and the final S are both minuscule, although the former is much larger than the latter, presumably so as to fit the inscription into the space left on the stone. The E is closed; the D has a vertical ascender and an open bow. |
Legibility: | good The inscription is clear. |
Lines: | 1 |
Carving errors: | 0 |
Doubtful: | no |