LDWKE/1

Corpus Refs:Macalister/1945:368
Nash-Williams/1950:150
Site:LDWKE
Discovery:first mentioned, 1838 A.J.K.
History:Westwood/1879, 92, records that `A description with a rude wood-cut of this inscription by A.J.K. appeared in the Gentlemen's Magazine for January, 1838 (vol. ix, p. 44).

Westwood/1867, 343, states that `some years ago the inscribed stone...stood in the churchyard of this place; but the incumbent, thinking it would make a good sill stone, placed it at the south door of the church'.

Treherne/1907, 279, states that the stone was then moved `to the vestry, under the tower, and in 1903 to its present...resting place'.

Macalister/1945, 351: `now inside the church'.

Thomas/1994, 99: 'now in Llandawke church'.

Geology:
Dimensions:1.37 x 0.3 x 0.08 (converted from Macalister/1945)
Setting:in display
Location:on site
Thomas/1994, 99: `now in Llandawke church'.
Form:plain
Condition:complete , some
Macalister/1945, 352: 'the dexter angle of the surviving face has been chipped and spalled away...along its whole length...The third line is damaged by the splitting off of the back of the stone'.

Nash-Williams/1950, 113: `top left hand corner fractured away'.

Folklore:none
Crosses:none
Decorations:no other decoration

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Inscriptions


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Readings

Westwood, J.O. (1867):B{A}RRIVEND{I} | FILIU{S} VENDUB{A}RI
Expansion:
BARRIVENDI FILIUS VENDUBARI
Westwood/1867 343 reading only
Westwood/1876 92 reading only
Rhys, J. (1874):B{A}RRIVEND{I} | FILIU{S} VENDUB{A}RI | HICIACIT
Expansion:
BARRIVENDI FILIUS VENDUBARI | HIC IACIT
Rhys/1874 19 reading only
Rhys/1877 398 reading only
Rhys/1907 77 reading only
Macalister, R.A.S. (1945):BARRIVEND{I} | FILIVSVENDVBARI | HICIACIT
Expansion:
BARRIVENDI FILIVS VENDVBARI HIC IACIT
Macalister/1945 351--352 reading only
Nash-Williams, V.E. (1950):BARRIVEND{I} | F/ILIVSVENDVBARI | HICIACIT
Expansion:
BARRIVENDI FILIVS VENDVBARI HIC IACIT
Translation:
(The stone) of Barrivendus(PN), son of Vendubarus (PN). He lies here.
Nash-Williams/1950 113 reading only
Thomas, C. (1994):BARRIVEND{I} | FILIVSVENDVBARI | HICIACIT
Expansion:
BARRIVENDI FILIVS VENDVBARI HIC IACIT
Thomas/1994 98-99 reading only

Notes

Orientation:vertical down
Position:n/a ; both ; n/a ; undecorated
Nash-Williams/1950, 113: `the Latin inscription is in three lines, two on the face and one on the l. edge reading vertically downwards'.
Incision:pocked
Nash-Williams/1950, 113: `neatly picked'.
Macalister/1945, 352: `the first two lines were pocked and rubbed, the third pocked only'.
Date:400 - 533 (Nash-Williams/1950)

510 - 530 (Thomas/1994)

400 - 599 (Westwood/1867)

466 - 533 (Jackson/1953)
Language:Latin (rcaps)
Ling. Notes:none
Palaeography:Westwood/1867, 343: `well-formed Roman capitals, about four inches high'.

Nash-Williams/1950, 113: `Roman capitals...with horizontal final -I in l[ine]. I. The A's have the angular cross-bar; the S in l[ine]. 2 is reversed. FI is conjoined'.

Apart from the above, the 1st and 3rd Rs are open bowed, the 1st V has a vertical left stroke. The letters of HIC IACIT are smaller than those of the rest of the text.

Legibility:good
The text is clear apart from the 2nd D which is damaged, and the HIC IACIT where most of the letters have lost their bottom sections.
Lines:3
Carving errors:0
Doubtful:no

Names

References


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Readings

Rhys, J. (1874):--]MAQI[--] ||| [--] TAQOLEDEMU[--
Expansion:
[--]MAQI[--] ||| TAQOLEDEMU
Rhys/1874 19 reading only
Westwood/1876 93 reading only
Rhys, J. (1906):MAQI M[--] ||| DUMELEDONAS
Expansion:
MAQI MUCOI ||| DUMELEDONAS
Translation:
Son of the kin of Dumeledonas (PN).
Macalister/1945 351 reading only
Rhys/1877 398 reading only
Rhys/1907 78--80 reading only
Thomas/1994 98 reading only
Macalister, R.A.S. (1922):--]MAQI M[--] ||| TUMELEDONAS
Expansion:
--] MAQI MUCOI ||| TUMELEDONAS
Macalister/1922 22 reading only
Nash-Williams, V.E. (1950):DUMELEDONAS ||| MAQI M[--]
Expansion:
DUMELEDONAS ||| MAQI MUCOI [--]
Translation:
(The stone) of Dumeledo, son of the kin of...
Nash-Williams/1950 113 reading only

Notes

Orientation:vertical up up
Position:n/a ; arris ; n/a ; undecorated
Macalister/1945, 351: `the Ogham survives in two lines, both reading upwards'.
Incision:pocked
Macalister/1945, 351: 'the letters are pocked'.
Date:400 - 450 (Thomas/1994)

400 - 533 (Nash-Williams/1950)
Language:Goidelic (oghms)
Ling. Notes:none
Palaeography:none
Legibility:some
Macalister/1945, 351: `the back face of the stone has been split off, and another line of writing, which must have borne the name of the original ownerof the monument, has thus been lost'.
Lines:2
Carving errors:0
Doubtful:no

Names

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