Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1949:585 |
Site: | KELLS |
Discovery: | first mentioned, 1934 Macalister, R.A.S. |
History: | Macalister/1949, 33: `now standing against the old church tower'. |
Geology: | |
Dimensions: | 1.4 x 0.53 x 0.18 (converted from Macalister/1949) |
Setting: | on ground |
Location: | on site Macalister/1949, 33: `now standing against the old church tower'. |
Form: | cross-slab |
Condition: | incomplete , poor Macalister/1949, 34: `The stem and dexter arm of the cross have disappeared, probably by foot-wear'. |
Folklore: | none |
Crosses: | 1: latin; interlace; straight; expanded; square; none; none; ind; decorated |
Decorations: | geometric ribbon interlace Macalister/1949, 33--34: `it bears a cross quadrate in cavo rilievo, decorated with interlacing patterns, in a round-headed sinking recessed 1/2" below the surface of the inscribed face'. |
Macalister, R.A.S. (1949): | AW~ ||| IHSX[..] ||| O~RDORIGA[.][-- Expansion: A W~ IHS X[PS] OROIT DO RIGA[N] Macalister/1949 34 reading only |
Orientation: | vertical down |
Position: | n/a ; broad ; mixed ; separated The inscription begins above the cross and continues within the two upper quadrants, with Macalister/1949, 34, arguing that the final N was below the arm of the cross. |
Incision: | inc |
Date: | None published |
Language: | Goidelic (rbook) |
Ling. Notes: | none |
Palaeography: | Macalister/1949, 34, refers to the `peculiar shape of the letters...The I is squeezed in between the R and the G'. CISP: The inscription is in half-uncial. The first O has a contraction mark over it and the D has an ascender which bends to the left over an open bow, which terminates in a wedge-shaped finial. The Rs are half-uncial as is the G, while the A of Riga[--] is minuscule. The A of the alpha is quite wide with a curved cross-bar and a flat top, the W for omega consists of three ascenders joined by one horizontal stroke at the bottom. The letters HIS XPS appear to be in capitals, except the H which is in the minuscule form. |
Legibility: | some |
Lines: | 3 |
Carving errors: | 0 |
Doubtful: | no |