MEELK/1

Corpus Refs:Macalister/1949:545
Site:MEELK
Discovery:first mentioned, 1888 O'Gorman, T.
History:
Geology:
Dimensions:0.0 x 0.0 x 0.0 (Unknown)
Setting:inc
Location:inc
Form:cross-slab
Condition:inc , inc
Folklore:none
Crosses:1: latin; interlace; straight; n/a; square; angular; none; none; decorated
Decorations:

Macalister/1949, 11: `both cross and marginal band covered with roughly designed plait-work...in cavo rilievo'.

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MEELK/1/1     Pictures

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Macalister, R.A.S. (1949):O~R~ || DOGRIENI
Expansion:
OROIT DO GRIENI
Macalister/1949 11--12 concise discussion

Notes

Orientation:vertical down
Position:n/a ; broad ; beside cross ; other
Macalister/1949, 11: `Inscription running downward through the sinister cantons'.

The accompanying illustration, however, shows the inscription running vertically down the dexter side of the slab.

Incision:inc
Date: - (Macalister/1949)
Macalister/1949, 11: `a very late date'.
Language:Goidelic (rbook)
Ling. Notes:none
Palaeography:CISP: Macalister/1949, 11, claims that his published drawing is not a very successful representation of the inscription. It is, however, the only illustration that has been published. It would be unwise to say any more than that the inscruption in in half-uncial.
Legibility:inc
Lines:1
Carving errors:n
Doubtful:no

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