Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1909:132 Macalister/1949:692 Petrie/1872:40 |
Site: | CLMAC |
Discovery: | first mentioned, 1822 Petrie, G. |
History: | Petrie/1872, 26: `Drawn by Dr. Petrie at Clonmacnois, in the year 1822'. Recorded as still on site in Macalister/1949, 53. |
Geology: | |
Dimensions: | 0.56 x 0.46 x 0.08 (converted from Macalister/1949) |
Setting: | inc |
Location: | on site |
Form: | cross-slab |
Condition: | incomplete , good |
Folklore: | none |
Crosses: | 1: latin; outline; straight; half-round; inc; none; ind; none; plain |
Decorations: | Macalister/1909, 27, and Macalister/1949, 53, both argue for the cross originally being one with half-round terminations and a circular expansion in the centre. |
Petrie, G. (1822): | MARTHINE Expansion: MARTHINE Macalister/1909 27 reading only Macalister/1949 53 reading only Petrie/1872 26 reading only |
Orientation: | vertical down |
Position: | n/a ; broad ; within quadrants ; quadrant |
Incision: | inc |
Date: | 867 - 869 (Lionard/1961) |
Language: | name only (rbook) |
Ling. Notes: | none |
Palaeography: | CISP: The inscription is in half-uncial. The M has a short leftwards stroke from the top of the first ascender, as does the I and N; the R is majuscule and the E is closed. |
Legibility: | good |
Lines: | 1 |
Carving errors: | 0 |
Doubtful: | no |