LDDTY/1

Corpus Refs:Huebner/1876:42
Macalister/1949:979
Nash-Williams/1950:46
Site:LDDTY
Discovery:first mentioned, 1873 Rhys, J.
History:First mentioned by Rhys/1873, 00, who notes that it is built into the wall of the church. This is confirmed by Westwood/1876, 60.

Macalister/1922, 199: `When Westwood saw this stone it was built into the wall of the church, and only two sides were visible. It has now been taken out, and a second portion discovered, apparently completing the monument.'

Macalister/1949, 134, `lying upon the window-sill on the N. side of the chancel of the parish church'.

Geology:
Dimensions:1.3 x 0.15 x 0.15 (converted from Macalister/1949)
Setting:unattch
Location:on site
Macalister/1949, 134: `lying upon the window-sill on the N. side of the chancel of the parish church'.
Form:cross-marked
Westwood/1876, 60: `The east end of the stone, 20 inches long and 54 inches wide, is ornamented'.

Macalister/1949, 134: `It appears to have originally been a slab, rather broader than its thickness...The stone was then trimmed to its present form by cutting off the sides of the slab and smoothing them down'.

Nash-Williams/1950, 71: `Tall roughly quadrangular pillar-stone...Lower, 26 3/4+" h. x 6 1/2" w. x 5 1/2" t.; upper, 26 1/2" h. x 6 1/2" w. x 5 1/2" t.'.

Condition:incomplete , poor
Macalister/1949, 134: `A pillar stone, now broken into two pieces...The stone is complete except for a very small portion, smoothed away from the fracture by the masons, who adpated it as building material'.

Nash-Williams/1950, 71: `fractured through the middle in two roughly equal halves...The sides appear to have been partly trimmed away'.

Folklore:none
Crosses:1: latin; linear; straight; plain; plain; angular; none; none; n/a
2: latin; linear; straight; expanded; plain; angular; none; none; n/a
3: latin; linear; straight; plain; plain; angular; none; ind; n/a
4: equal-armed; linear; straight; plain; plain; none; outer curv; other; n/a
5: latin; linear; straight; plain; plain; none; none; none; n/a
Decorations:animal; frame; geometric other; indeterminate; other

Westwood/1876, 60: `ornamented with straight lines bent at right angles, forming a slight kind of Greek fret'.

Macalister/1922, 199--201: `The devices in the four faces are as follows: --

A. -- A fish (?); cross in a shield-shaped figure; and a cartouche bearing two lines [of text].

B. -- A cross with remains of letters in the lower cantons...Below are certain linear figures, including a fish.

C. -- A cross; and below it a cartouche with the inscription...

D. -- A cross in circle; in the cantons are apparently the words...'.

Macalister/1949, 134: `a cross of three lines (on the first face of the diagram) with an additional transom (or suppedaneum) below the middle of the stem...Below the cross is some linear ornament of a random and indefinite character. In the lower cantons, between the transom and the suppedaneum, are traces of letters -- the bottoms of letters on the dexter, and the tops of letters on the sinister side, shewing that there has been at least one line of writing on each side of the cross, subsequently trimmed away...Face C bears a cross in a circle; in the cantons are crude attempts at the Greek letters Alpha Omega, the Alphas having dots added to them, presumably for enrichment; the cross is supported on an ornamental stem of infantile rudeness. It ends below in another cartouche...The remaining face seems to contain graffiti, pocked by another hand. There are crude crosses at the top, with a figure shaped like an egg-cup between them: and below is what might be a rude representation of a quadruped, having on its body the name GUADEN. The quadruped may have been meant for a mole, as Prof. Williams suggests (though, indeed, it might be anything); a joke being intended at the expense of the priest, whose name happens to mean`mole'. But, on the whole, after re-examining the stone itself, in the light of Prof. Williams' criticisms, I was inclined to be sceptical of this animal, which looks very much more realistic in a photograph of the stone than it does on the monument itself. The hindmost leg, which is very clear in the photograph reproduced in Prof. Williams' paper, is merely the edge of a flake-matrix'.

Nash-Williams/1950, 71: `The stone bears incised decoration on all faces, and is also inscribed. Top. Linear Latin cross potent (incomplete). Left. The decoration is disposed vertically: (a) large fish-like (?) symbol (partly defaced), enclosing a small cruciform panel; (b) small cruciform (?) panel; (c) boat or fish- like symbol, with wavy border to l., containing an inscription (No. 3 below) in one line reading vertically downwards. Back. (a) Combined outline and linear Latin cross (with the foot marked by an incised dot), with rectilinear (? `pectiform') and scroll-like devices variously in the upper and lower spaces; (b) narrow rectilinear panel; (c) `fish-tail' device (? a continuation of (b) and (a) above), with an angular S-shaped symbol in the field below, all enclosed within incised border-lines. Right. (a) Fretted cruciform panel or cross (top partly defaced); (b) long narrow panel, square-ended at the top (with double border-lines), round-ended below, containing a central barred stem above and a Latin inscription (No. 1 below) in two lines reading vertically downwards below. Front. (a) Linear Latin ring-cross with half ring-and-dot and half ring-and-boss devices in the upper and lower interspaces respectively and with symmetrical `neck-and-shoulder' appendages attached to the ring and stem below; (b) narrow oblong panel containing a Latin inscription (No. 2 below) in two lines reading vertically downwards, with a short band of `pectiform' ornament filling the field below. The decoration of this face as a whole is vaguely suggestive of a schematic anthropomorphic representation (? of `Guadan the Bishop' see below), with the ring-cross representing the head (? with eyes, moustaches, and mouth) and shoulders, and the inscribed panel below the (? robed) body'.

References


Inscriptions


LDDTY/1/1     Pictures

Readings

Westwood, J.O. (1876):+GURDON | {S}ACER{D}O{S}
Expansion:
+GURDON SACERDOS
Westwood/1876 60 concise discussion
Macalister, R.A.S. (1922):GURDON | SACERDOS
Expansion:
GURDON SACERDOS
Macalister/1922 201 concise discussion
Macalister, R.A.S. (1949):GUADAN | SACERDOS
Expansion:
GUADAN SACERDOS
Macalister/1949 134 reading only
Nash-Williams, V.E. (1950):+GUADAN | SACERDOS
Expansion:
+GUADAN SACERDOS
Translation:
Guadan (PN) the Bishop (? Priest).
Nash-Williams/1950 71 concise discussion

Notes

Orientation:vertical down
Position:n/a ; broad ; below cross ; panel
In a panel below the cross.
Incision:inc
Nash-Williams/1950, 71: `neatly picked'.
Date:800 - 899 (Nash-Williams/1950)
Nash-Williams/1950, 71: `The elaborate decoration and epigraphy of the monument suggest that it is transitional in date between Groups II and III (p. 2). 9th century'.
Language:Latin (rbook)
Ling. Notes:none
Palaeography:Westwood/1876, 60: `The letters are very irregular and ill-shaped, the G and R of the genuine Anglo-Saxon form, and the s at the beginning and end of the second line prostrate. There is a depression in the stone between the o~ and u, and a slight oblique depression between the o and R, but as the letters are cut uniformly deep, these impressions cannot be regarded as letters, as they are doubtfully read by Huebner (`Fuit-ne Giurdan?' Inscript. Brit. Christ., p. 16, No. 42)'.

Nash-Williams/1950, 71: `Round half-uncials (with contractions), neatly picked. In (1) the S's are capitals disposed vertically'.

Legibility:some
Lines:2
Carving errors:n
Doubtful:no

Names

References


LDDTY/1/2     Pictures

Readings

Macalister, R.A.S. (1922):FECTCRUX{P}ANN~I | ID{*}ANIGURHI
Expansion:
FECT CRUX PRO ANNI ID ? ANIGURHI
Macalister/1922 201 reading only
Macalister, R.A.S. (1949):FECITCRUX{P~}ANM~ | IDANIGURHI
Expansion:
FECIT CRUX PRO ANIIMA, ID EST ANIMA GURHI
Macalister/1949 135 concise discussion
Nash-Williams, V.E. (1950):FECITCRUX{P}ANN~I~ | ID&ANIGURHI
Expansion:
FECIT CRUX P (pro) AN(ima) NI(n) ID & (?) ANI(ma) GURHI
Translation:
Made (this) cross for the soul of Nin(n)id (PN) and (for) the soul of Gurhi (PN).
Nash-Williams/1950 71 concise discussion

Notes

Orientation:vertical down
Position:n/a ; narrow ; below cross ; panel
Incision:inc
Nash-Williams/1950, 71: `neatly picked'.
Date:800 - 899 (Nash-Williams/1950)
Nash-Williams/1950, 71: `The elaborate decoration and epigraphy of the monument suggest that it is transitional in date between Groups II and III (p. 2). 9th century'.
Language:Latin (rbook)
Ling. Notes:none
Palaeography:Nash-Williams/1950, 71: `Round half-uncials (with contractions), neatly picked...In (2) the compendium for et is unusual, but no alternative interpretation seems possible'.
Legibility:some
Lines:2
Carving errors:n
Doubtful:no

Names

References


LDDTY/1/3     Pictures

Readings

Macalister, R.A.S. (1949):GUADAN
Expansion:
GUADAN
Translation:
Guadan (PN).
Macalister/1949 135 concise discussion
Nash-Williams, V.E. (1950):GUADAN
Expansion:
GUADAN
Translation:
Guadan (PN).
Nash-Williams/1950 71 concise discussion

Notes

Orientation:vertical down
Position:n/a ; narrow ; n/a ; panel
Incision:inc
Nash-Williams/1950, 71: `neatly picked.'
Date:800 - 899 (Nash-Williams/1950)
Nash-Williams/1950, 71: `The elaborate decoration and epigraphy of the monument suggest that it is transitional in date between Groups II and III (p. 2). 9th century'.
Language:name only (rbook)
Ling. Notes:none
Palaeography:Nash-Williams/1950, 71: `Round half-uncials'.
Legibility:good
Lines:1
Carving errors:n
Doubtful:no

Names

References