Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1949:540 |
Site: | ROSSH |
Discovery: | first mentioned, 1903 Rhys, J. |
History: | First published by John Rhys in 1903. |
Geology: | Higgins/1987, 381: `limestone'. |
Dimensions: | 0.0 x 0.0 x 0.0 (Unknown) |
Setting: | unattch |
Location: | on site Macalister/1949, 8: `lying on a wall of the ruined church'. |
Form: | fragment Macalister/1949, 8: `a fragment of a slab'. |
Condition: | frgmntry , inc Higgins/1987, 381: `slightly weathered'. |
Folklore: | none |
Crosses: | none |
Decorations: | no other decoration |
Macalister, R.A.S. (1949): | O~R~DOMA/ELBRE[N] | DAIN Expansion: OROIT DO MAEL-BRE[N]DAIN Translation: CISP: A prayer for Mael-Brendain (PN). Macalister/1949 8 concise discussion |
Higgins, J.G. (1987): | O~R~DOMA/ELBRE[N] | DAIN Expansion: OROIT DO MAELBRENDAIN Higgins/1987 381 concise discussion |
Orientation: | horizontal |
Position: | inc ; broad ; mixed ; undecorated Higgins/1987, 381: `the inscription occupies only a small portion of one end of the stone'. |
Incision: | pocked Higgins/1987, 381: `The letters are deeply cut by pocking with a small point and are squashed in close together'. |
Date: | None published |
Language: | unknown (rbook) |
Ling. Notes: | none |
Palaeography: | Higgins/1987, 381: `The A and the E of the name MAELBRAN are joined. Like the Templemoyle old church inscription (no. 4) the inscription occupies only a small portion of one end of the stone'. CISP: The lettering is Insular half-uncial. The A's are in the 'OC' form and the first D and L have a wedge-shaped finials. Many of the letters have an angular aspect to them. The Rs are half-uncial, the Ns minuscule and both Ds have ascenders which bend to the left over open bows. The bow of the second D is more open than the first. The Es are in the open uncial form, with the first example ligatured with a preceding 'OC' A. The B has a vertical ascender and an open bow. |
Legibility: | good Macalister/1949, 8: `The first N is broken away'. |
Lines: | 2 |
Carving errors: | n |
Doubtful: | no |