LGYFL/1

Corpus Refs:Macalister/1949:1010
Nash-Williams/1950:211
RCAHMW/1976:882
Site:LGYFL
Discovery:in/on structure, 1913 workmen
History:Anon/1920, 361: `When excavating the floor of the present nave in 1913, a flat stone was discovered with a cross upon it bearing an inscription...This stone is now in the north wall of the nave of the church'.

Macalister/1949, 155: `found in the course of repairing the church, and now fixed upon the inner face of the south wall'.

RCAHMW/1973, 42: `found in 1913 in the floor of the parish church and re-set on the internal face of the N. wall of the nave there'.

Geology:Macalister/1949, 155: `Old Red Sandstone'.
Dimensions:1.1 x 0.57 x 0.01 (RCAHMW/1973)
Setting:in struct
Location:on site
Nash-Williams/1950, 137: `inside church on N. wall of nave'.
Form:cross-marked
Macalister/1949, 155: `A slab'.

Nash-Williams/1950, 137: `Roughly shaped rectangular (?) cross-slab (damaged), decorated and inscribed. 37 1/2" h. x 21 1/2" w. x ?" t....The slab is one of a small group of cross-slabs, local to Glamorganshire, characterized by the use of the formula Crux Christi (or the cross-symbol) combined, in some cases, with the name of the person commemorated (cf. Nos. 260-1). The slabs probably represent a Celtic (Irish) version of a Merovingian slab-type'.

RCAHMW/1973, 42: `A damaged slab with carved cross and inscription...The rectangular...slab, 110cm by 57cm, has been trimmed down from its original dimensions...its thickness cannot be ascertained'.

Condition:complete , some
Nash-Williams/1950, 137: `damaged'.

RCAHMW/1973, 42: `A damaged slab...trimmed down from its original dimensions and one upper angle has fractured off'.

Folklore:none
Crosses:1: latin; interlace; straight; expanded; plain; none; inner curv; expanded; n/a
Decorations:

Macalister/1949, 155: `a wheel cross in cavo rilievo (like No. 1 at Aberafon) with a guilloche on the ring and triquetras on the terminals. The design has been chiselled and rubbed smooth'.

Nash-Williams/1950, 137: `Carved double-ribbon Latin wheel-cross in low relief, with knotted arm-ends (R.A. 262 and 269) and the arcs of the wheel formed of simple double-beaded twists (R.A. 501) (Cf. No. 125)'.

RCAHMW/1973, 42: `A ringed Latin cross in false relief, formed of paired cords interlaced at the centre, extends to each edge, the expanded arm-ends forming triquetra knots. Each arc of the ring set within the arm-ends consists of a double-beaded single twist, squared at the ends. A similar form of cross occurs on Irish recumbent slabs[2] but is not usually combined with a ring as in this case.

[2] Proc. Roy. Irish Acad., Vol. 61 (C, 1961), p. 224 and Fig. 26'.

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Inscriptions


LGYFL/1/1     Pictures

Readings

Macalister, R.A.S. (1949):CRUX:X~P~I~
Expansion:
CRUX XPI
Macalister/1949 155 and Plate L reading only
Nash-Williams, V.E. (1950):C:RUX:XP~I
Expansion:
CRUX CHRISTI
Translation:
The Cross of Christ.
Nash-Williams/1950 137 reading only
RCAHMW (1973):CRUX:X~P~I~
Expansion:
CRUX CHRISTI
Translation:
The cross of Christ.
RCAHMW/1976 42 reading only

Notes

Orientation:vertical down
Position:ind ; broad ; within quadrants ; quadrant
Macalister/1949, 155: `Along the side of the cross shaft'.

Nash-Williams/1950, 137: `Latin inscription (Fig. 147) in the field [of cross] to l., in one line reading vertically downwards'.

RCAHMW/1973, 42: `Parallel to the stem of the cross'.

Incision:inc
Nash-Williams/1950, 137: `thinly and carefully picked'.
RCAHMW/1973, 42: `incised'.
Date:800 - 899 (Nash-Williams/1950)

800 - 899 (RCAHMW/1976)

800 - 899 (Anon/1920)
Language:Latin (rbook)
Ling. Notes:none
Palaeography:Nash-Williams/1950, 137: `Round half-uncials...with most of the letters conjoined in the cursive manner'.

RCAHMW/1973, 42: `Latin inscription reads (downwards) CRUX : X~P~I~ (`The cross of Christ'), in rounded half-uncials with single punctuation dot and mark of abbreviation (for Christi)'.

Legibility:good
Lines:1
Carving errors:0
Doubtful:no

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