SISHM/1

(The Llansaint stone)
Corpus Refs:Macalister/1945:376
Nash-Williams/1950:174
Site:SISHM
Discovery:in/on structure, 1846 Francis, G.G.
History:Still in position where it was first seen. According to Rhys/1907, 72--73, the stone has been built into the church since before 1862.

Westwood/1879, 85, speaks of a sketch made of the stone at this spot in 1846 by the brother of Col. G.G. Francis, the man who had alerted Westwood to the stone in 1875.

Geology:
Dimensions:1.47 x 0.27 x 0.0 (converted from Macalister/1945)
Setting:in struct
Location:earliest
Nash-Williams/1950, 120: `built into church, in external S. wall of nave'.

Macalister/1945, 358: `Built into the outer face of the S. wall of the nave of the parish church, low down and close to the ground, almost under the second window from the W. end'.

Form:plain
Condition:incomplete , some
The left edge of the stone is quite badly damaged, so that the bottom of the second line of text is lost, while flaking continues around the top and down the right side of the stone as well.

Macalister/1945, 359, argues that the flaking was intentional and was designed to rid the stone of an Ogham inscription.

Folklore:none
Crosses:none
Decorations:no other decoration

References


Inscriptions


SISHM/1/1     Pictures

Readings

Rhys, J. (1877):VENNISETL{I} | FILIERCAGN{I}
Expansion:
VENNISETLI FILI ERCAGNI
Rhys/1877 141 reading only
Westwood, J.O. (1879):VENNISETL{I} | FILIVSERCAGN{I}
Expansion:
VENNISETLI FILIVS ERCAGNI
Translation:
Vennisetlos (PN), son of Ercagnas (PN).
Evans/1907 65 reading only
Macalister/1945 358--359 reading only
Rhys/1907 67 reading only
Westwood/1876 85 reading only
Nash-Williams, V.E. (1950):VENNISETL{I} | FILIVSERC:AGN{I}
Expansion:
VENNISETLI FILIVS ERCAGNI
Translation:
(The stone) of Vennisetl (PN), son of Ercagnus (PN).
Nash-Williams/1950 120 reading only

Notes

Orientation:vertical down
Position:inc ; broad ; n/a ; undecorated
Incision:pocked
Macalister/1945, 358: `inscription pocked'.
Nash-Williams/1950, 120: `coarsely picked'.
Date:400 - 533 (Nash-Williams/1950)

400 - 499 (Jackson/1953)
Language:Latin (rcaps)
Ling. Notes:none
Palaeography:Nash-Williams/1950, 120: `Roman capitals...with horizontal final -Is'.

The inscription is in Roman capitals, only the R, with a shortened, and tending towards horizontal, diagonal stroke, the horizontal Is, and the `sickle-shaped' or half-uncial G, are of note.

Nash-Williams/1950, 120, argues for a central stop between the C and A of ERC:AGNI.

Legibility:some
Macalister/1945, 359: `weathered and the second line damaged by a flaking'.

Nash-Williams/1950, 120: `the lower ends of the initial letters in l. 2 fractured away'.

Westwood/1879, 85: `the lower edge of the stone is broken through half the letters, but sufficient remains to show that the first word was FILIVS'.

Lines:2
Carving errors:0
Doubtful:no

Names

References


SISHM/1/2

Readings

Macalister, R.A.S. (1945):--][G][--
Expansion:
--][G][--
Macalister/1945 359 minor reference

Notes

Orientation:vertical indeterminate
Position:inc ; arris ; inc ; inc
Incision:inc
Date:None published
Language:Indeterminate (ogham)
Ling. Notes:none
Palaeography:none
Legibility:poor
Macalister/1945, 359: `the second line [of the roman inscription SISHM 1/1] damaged by a flaking which has been carried round the head of the stone to remove an ogham inscription. Of this nothing remains but the tips of the of the B-half of the G of ERCAGNI'.
Lines:1
Carving errors:0
Doubtful:yes

Names

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