Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1909:92 Macalister/1949:661 Petrie/1872:76 |
Site: | CLMAC |
Discovery: | first mentioned, 1822 Petrie, G. |
History: | Petrie/1872, 38: `Drawn by Dr. Petrie at Clonmacnois, in the year 1822'. Recorded as still on site by Macalister/1949, 49. |
Geology: | |
Dimensions: | 0.81 x 0.7 x 0.06 (converted from Macalister/1949) |
Setting: | inc |
Location: | on site |
Form: | cross-slab |
Condition: | complete , good |
Folklore: | none |
Crosses: | 1: latin; outline; straight; expanded; square; none; inner curv; none; plain |
Decorations: | Macalister/1909, 18: `quadrate Celtic cross with loops at the corners.' |
Petrie, G. (1822): | O~R~ARMAEL | QUIA || RAIN Expansion: OROIT AR MAEL-QUIARÁIN Translation: Pray for Maelquiaráin (PN). Petrie/1872 38 reading only |
Macalister, R.A.S. (1909): | O~R~ARMAEL | QUIA || RÁIN Expansion: OROIT AR MAELQUIARÁIN Macalister/1909 18 reading only Macalister/1949 49 reading only |
Orientation: | horizontal |
Position: | n/a ; broad ; above cross ; separated The inscription is above the cross, but the second line of text is interrupted by the top of the upper arm. |
Incision: | inc |
Date: | None published |
Language: | Goidelic (rbook) |
Ling. Notes: | none |
Palaeography: | CISP: The inscription is in half-uncial. The inial OR has a contraction mark over it; the 1st and 2nd A's are in the `OC' form; the Rs are majuscule and open-bowed, but the second example is considerably less open than the first; the E is three-pronged; the L is curved and with a wedge-shaped finial atop the ascender, and the second I has an accent above it. |
Legibility: | good |
Lines: | 2 |
Carving errors: | 0 |
Doubtful: | no |