Corpus Refs: | Kendrick/1939:T8 Macalister/1949:853 |
Site: | GALPR |
Discovery: | arch excav, 1935 Kendrick, T.D. |
History: | Found by T.D. Kendrick during his excavations of the priory. |
Geology: | |
Dimensions: | 1.07 x 0.61 x 0.14 (converted from Macalister/1949) |
Setting: | unattch |
Location: | on site Macalister/1949, 72: `in an out-house near the gate-lodge'. |
Form: | cross-slab |
Condition: | complete , good |
Folklore: | none |
Crosses: | 1: latin; outline; straight; half-round; circular; none; none; none; decorated |
Decorations: | geometric ribbon interlace Kendrick/1939, 9: `incised cross with expanding ends containing fret-pattern; in the centre a roundel of interlace'. Macalister/1949, 73: `A cross with a circular expansion and looped semicircular terminal expansions: a simple interlacement in the central, key-pattern in the terminals'. |
Kendrick, T.D. (1935): | O~R~DO || BRALIN Expansion: OROIT DO BRALIN Kendrick/1939 9--10 reading only |
Macalister, R.A.S. (1949): | O~R~DO || BRAUN Expansion: OROIT DO BRAUN Macalister/1949 73 reading only |
Orientation: | vertical down |
Position: | n/a ; broad ; beside cross ; quadrant Macalister/1949, 73, notes that the inscription ran down the dexter side of the cross. |
Incision: | inc |
Date: | None published |
Language: | Goidelic (rbook) |
Ling. Notes: | none |
Palaeography: | CISP: The lettering is Insular half-uncial. The A is in the 'OC' form and the D, B and N have wedge-shaped finials. The D has an ascender which bends to the left over an open almost heart-shaped bow. The B has also has an ascender which curves over an open bow. The R is half-uncial, the L is curved and the N is minuscule. The initial O has an almost heart-shaped bow. |
Legibility: | good |
Lines: | 1 |
Carving errors: | 0 |
Doubtful: | no |