GULV2/1

Corpus Refs:Macalister/1945:463
Okasha/1993:15
Site:GULV2
Discovery:in/on structure, 1885 Wingfield, W.W.
History:Langdon/1896, 372, notes that the stone was found on Sept. 18, 1885, while taking down the east end of the chancel of the church (14th c.) where is had been used as a quoin. He then states that `It now stands near the south-west angle of the church'.

Okasha/1993, 113: `In 1889 Langdon recorded the stone in the churchyard, and in 1890--1 he said it had been `lately erected upside down'.

Geology:Macalister/1945, 440: `granite'.
Dimensions:1.35 x 0.47 x 0.31 (Okasha/1993)
Setting:in ground
Location:on site
Okasha/1993, 113: `The stone is now in Gulval churchyard, near the porch on the south side of the church'.
Form:Cramp shaft A
The shaft has a tenon at its base (which is now at the top), almost certainly to fit into a now missing base. Langdon/1896, 373, notes that `a very pronounced entasis characterises the shaft, making it wider at the present top, which was probably the original middle [which is now at the bottom], than at the bottom. The stone when entire was probably similar in shape to the cross-shaft at Biscovey [BISCV/1]'.

Okasha/1993, 113: `The stone is...a cross-shaft'.

Condition:frgmntry , poor
Langdon/1896, 373, notes that parts are `much mutilated'.

Macalister/1945, 440, notes that parts are `much disintergrated'.

Okasha/1993, 113: `probably complete'.

Folklore:none
Crosses:none
Decorations:geometric key pattern

Langdon/1896, 373--374: `Front -- This is divided into three panels of uneven depth. The longest is at the top, and has a piece of figure-of-eight plaitwork, showing the square termination of the pattern at the bottom. Now, if the knot were completed at the top, as shown by the dotted lines on the Plate, a figure of eight would be formed; and considering that this is one of the most favoured forms of interlace work adopted in the county, it is highly probable that it was used here, especially as a small piece only is missing...The remaining three sides have one panel each, and contain the following ornament: --

Left side -- A panel of Z-shaped, key-pattern ornament so shallow in execution that it has the appearance of incised work; or it may be intended for two flat bands, twisted together.

Back -- A panel of irregular twist-and-ring pattern, having the square termination shown at the bottom.

Right side -- A panel similar to that on the left side, but not quite so coarse in execution, and with one more key in the length'.

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Readings

Langdon, A.G. (1896):VN | VI
Expansion:
VNVI
Langdon/1896 373 reading only
Macalister, R.A.S. (1945):VRI | VI
Expansion:
VRIVI
Macalister/1945 440 reading only
Okasha, E. (1985):[--] | [--]
Expansion:
[--]
Okasha/1993 113--115 reading only

Notes

Orientation:horizontal
Position:n/a ; broad ; n/a ; panel
Okasha/1993, 113: `The text is incised on one face of the stone, at the bottom of the shaft, inside a panel...the two lines of text are separated by a framing-line'.
Incision:inc
Date:800 - 1099 (Okasha/1993)
Language:Incomplete Information (rcaps)
Ling. Notes:none
Palaeography:The two lines of text as drawn by Macalister/1945, 440, and Langdon/1896, facing 373, are separated by a framing line.

Okasha/1993, 113: `it is uncertain what script was used'.

Langdon/1896, 373: `capital letters'.

Legibility:poor
Langdon/1896, 372--373, and Macalister/1945, 440, give slightly different readings. Neither mention the state of the letters but note that the ornament is badly deteriorated suggesting the letters were likely to be in poor condition.

Okasha/1993, 112, considers the text to be `now illegible'.

Lines:2
Carving errors:0
Doubtful:no

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