Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1909:5 Macalister/1949:601 Petrie/1872:8 |
Site: | CLMAC |
Discovery: | first mentioned, 1869 Graves, J. |
History: | Petrie/1872, 17: `This drawing was made by Miss Boxwell from a rubbing taken of the stone at Clonmacnois by the Rev. James Graves and Mr. William Hennessy, in the year 1869'. Recorded as still on site in Macalister/1949, 43.
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Geology: | |
Dimensions: | 0.48 x 0.48 x 0.66 (converted from Macalister/1949) |
Setting: | inc |
Location: | on site |
Form: | name-slab |
Condition: | complete , good |
Folklore: | none |
Crosses: | none |
Decorations: | no other decoration |
Petrie, G. (1869): | FERCHO | MUS Expansion: FERCHOMUS Macalister/1909 2 reading only Macalister/1949 43 reading only Petrie/1872 17 reading only |
Orientation: | horizontal |
Position: | inc ; broad ; n/a ; undecorated |
Incision: | inc |
Date: | None published |
Language: | name only (rbook) |
Ling. Notes: | none |
Palaeography: | CISP: The inscription is in half-uncial. The F has a rounded top stroke; the E is three-pronged and rounded; the R is majuscule and open-bowed; the S is half-uncial and the left ascender of the U appears to have a wedge-shaped finial. |
Legibility: | good The text is clear. |
Lines: | 2 |
Carving errors: | 0 |
Doubtful: | no |