| Corpus Refs: | Huebner/1876:3 Macalister/1945:462 Okasha/1993:14 |
| Site: | GULV1 |
| Discovery: | first mentioned, 1700 Lhuyd, E. |
| History: | Okasha/1993, 109: `The stone was first mentioned in two letters from Lhywd... the stone was described as `a Foot-bridge at Gulval...call'd the Blue-Bridge'. The text was on the underneath of the bridge. The stone remained as a footbridge until at least 1841. In 1845 the stone was described as having been `lately' raised from forming part of the bridge `and is now placed upright by the road side'...In the autumn of 1894 the stone fell into the stream during a storm. On 28 November 1894 it was lifted out and placed `about 20 feet S.W. of its former position by the side of the partway leading to the Bridge, and against the hedge'. This is its present position'. |
| Geology: | Macalister/1945, 440: `granite'. |
| Dimensions: | 1.5 x 0.56 x 0.32 (Okasha/1993) |
| Setting: | in ground |
| Location: | other Okasha/1993, 109: `by the hedge near one end of a footbridge caled `Bleu Bridge' at Barlowena Bottom, about 1.5km from Gulval. The bridge is approached from the right from the unclassified Gulval to Zennor road which leads off the B3311 St. Ives to Penzance road'. |
| Form: | plain Macalister/1945, 440: `A block of granite'. Okasha/1993, 109: `a pillar-stone, uncarved and probably complete'. |
| Condition: | complete , good |
| Folklore: | none |
| Crosses: | none |
| Decorations: | no other decoration |
| Macalister, R.A.S. (1945): | QVEN{A}T{A}VC{I}IC | DINVIFILIV{S} Expansion: QVENATAVCI IC DINVI FILIVS Macalister/1945 440 reading only |
| Okasha, E. (1984): | QVEN{A}T{A}VC{I}IC | DINVIFIL/IV{S} Expansion: QVENATAVCI IC DINVI FILIVS Translation: [The stone] of Qvenataucus (PN) here, son of Dinvius (PN). Okasha/1993 111 reading only |
| Thomas, C. (1994): | QVEN{A}T{A}VC{I}IC | DINVIFILIV{S} Expansion: QVENATAVCI IC DINVI FILIVS Thomas/1994 271 reading only |
| Orientation: | vertical down |
| Position: | n/a ; broad ; n/a ; undecorated |
| Incision: | inc |
| Date: | 400 - 799 (Okasha/1993) 533 - 599 (Thomas/1994) |
| Language: | Latin (rcaps) |
| Ling. Notes: | none |
| Palaeography: | Macalister/1945, 440: `The lettering is set out in an abnormal way: the horizontal I at the end of the first name is above the letter preceding it, not after it : the the following IC is also raised above the line'. Okasha/1993, 111, states that the letters vary from 6 to 13cm. Thomas/1994, 271: `The cutter began with over-large letters and at the end of the vertical first line had to put the [horizontal] I above the C and squeeze in a tiny IC (ic iacit). The A's are angle-bar, the second N is H-shaped and final S reversed'. |
| Legibility: | good Macalister/1945, 440: `worn and clogged with lichen'. Okasha/1993, 109: `The text is complete and legible'. |
| Lines: | 2 |
| Carving errors: | 1 |
| Doubtful: | no |