MUSIC/1

Corpus Refs:Macalister/1945:135
Site:MUSIC
Discovery:first mentioned, 1845 Windele, J.
History:Macalister/1945, 131: `Windele found this stone prostrate in a field in 1845 and had it set up again, but afterwards moved it to his own house. It was acquired from his representatives after his death, and is now in University College Cork'.
Geology:Macalister/1945, 131: `Clayslate'.
Dimensions:1.6 x 0.23 x 0.2 (converted from Macalister/1945)
Setting:in display
Location:University College Cork
Macalister/1945, 131: `now in University College Cork'.
Form:cross-marked
Condition:complete , good
Folklore:none
Crosses:1: equal-armed; outline; expanded; plain; plain; none; none; none; plain
Decorations:

Macalister/1945, 131: `a cross pattee deeply cut upon the original butt'.

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Readings

Macalister, R.A.S. (1945):[MI]NNACCANNIMAQIAILLUATTAN
Expansion:
[MI]NNACCANNI MAQI AILLUATTAN
Macalister/1945 131 reading only
McManus/1991 66 reading only

Notes

Orientation:vertical up
Position:n/a ; arris ; n/a ; undecorated
Macalister/1945, 131, argues, since it cuts into some of the ogham letters, that the cross on the stone post-dates the ogham.

Also see McManus/1991, 54.

Incision:inc
Macalister/1945, 131: `inscription in minute cuts'.
Date:500 - 700 (Ziegler/1994)
Language:Goidelic (ogham)
Ling. Notes:See McManus/1991, 95, 107, 121.
Palaeography:none
Legibility:poor
Macalister/1945, 131: `much worn ... the cutting of the cross has destroyed the B-half of the M and the first four scores of the following I'.
Lines:1
Carving errors:0
Doubtful:no

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