| Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1945:326 Nash-Williams/1950:39 |
| Site: | PRHOS |
| Discovery: | first mentioned, inc |
| History: | The stone is first illustrated in Rowlands/1723, 156, 157. The stone was in the churchyard in 1802, when it was seen there by Skinner/1802, 76--77. In 1845 it could not be found by Longueville Jones [Jones/1846, 166]. By 1861 Jones had found the stone again [Jones/1861, 296]. In 1864 Boston records that he had re-discovered the stone partly hidden by a modern grave and also overgrown with turf [Boston/1864, 105]. A photo from 1908 has the stone still in the churchyard [Anon/1908, 89]. RCAHMW/1937, 132: `set in the chancel on the S. wall'. Macalister/1945, 313--314: `now in the chancel against the inner face of the north wall'. Nash-Williams/1950, 67: `Inside church on S. wall of chancel'. National Museum of Wales cast No. 02.171. |
| Geology: | Macalister/1945, 314: `Conglomerate'. |
| Dimensions: | 1.52 x 0.83 x 0.2 (converted from Macalister) |
| Setting: | in display |
| Location: | on site In chancel of parish church against the inner face of the south wall. |
| Form: | plain Macalister/1945, 314, gives dimensions as: 5'0" x 2' 8 1/2" x 8". Nash-Williams/1950, 67, gives dimensions as: 56" x 32 " x 8 " (4'8" x 2'8" x 8"). |
| Condition: | complete , good The stone appears to be complete and in good condition. |
| Folklore: | none |
| Crosses: | none |
| Decorations: | no other decoration |
| Brash, W. (1871): | HICIACIT | MACCU{I}{D}ECCETI Expansion: HIC IACIT MACCUI-DECCETI Brash/1871 267 reading only |
| Rhys, J. (1873): | HICIACIT | MACC{I}U{D}ECCETI Expansion: HIC IACIT MACCIUD ECCETI Translation: Here lies Machudd (PN) (the son) of Echwyd (PN). |
| Radford, C.A.R. (1937): | HICIACIT |MACCV{D}ECCETI Expansion: HIC IACIT MACCUDECCETI RCAHMW/1937 cix reading only |
| Macalister, R.A.S. (1945): | HICIACIT |MACCV{D}ECCETI Expansion: HIC IACIT MACCU-DECCETI Macalister/1945 313--314 reading only |
| Nash-Williams, V.E. (1950): | HICIACIT |MACCV{D}ECCETI Expansion: HIC IACIT MACCUDECCETI Translation: (The stone) of Maccudeccetus (PN). He lies here. Nash-Williams/1950 67 reading only |
| Orientation: | vertical down |
| Position: | n/a ; broad ; n/a ; undecorated The inscription is in two vertical lines, which are carved on the left-side of the broad face. |
| Incision: | incised Macalister/1945, 314: `chisel-cut'. Nash-Williams/1950, 67: `fairly deeply picked in good style'. |
| Date: | 500 - 599 (Nash-Williams/1950) 550 - 550 (RCAHMW/1937) 500 - 550 (Jackson/1953) |
| Language: | Latin (rcaps) |
| Ling. Notes: | The use of `iacit' indicates post-classical pronunciation of Latin, while the name has had a latin genitive ending added to it. For more see the memo field on the name. |
| Palaeography: | Nash-Williams/1950, 67: 'Roman capitals with half-uncial Es'. The `D' is retrograde, the two Es are uncial, and all the other letters are standard capitalis. The right-side angled-stroke of both As does not continue as far as the left, while the cross-bars are sloped downwards. Some letters `slope' to the right, such as the CIT of iacit, others slope to the right such as the IA of iacit and the M. |
| Legibility: | good The inscription is clear. |
| Lines: | 2 |
| Carving errors: | 0 |
| Doubtful: | no |
Jackson/1953, 182: `this name seems to have been spelt on a more purely phonetic basis than those which have been described before'.
The ethnicity of the person commemorated was fought over by Brash and Rhys in a series of articles and letters between 1871 and 1874.