| Corpus Refs: | Henderson/Okasha/1992:1 Macalister/1949:908 Okasha/Forsyth/2001:Tullylease 1 |
| Site: | TULYS |
| Discovery: | first mentioned, 1851 Windele, J. |
| History: | Henderson/Okasha/1992, 1--2: `still at Tullylease, within the ruins of the old church. ... Clamped onto the east wall of the church. ... Recorded in 1851 by Windele'. |
| Geology: | |
| Dimensions: | 0.95 x 0.63 x 0.07 (Henderson/Okasha/1992) |
| Setting: | in struct |
| Location: | on site |
| Form: | cross-slab Henderson/Okasha/1992, 1: `an inscribed cross-slan, orginally rectangular'. |
| Condition: | complete , some Henderson/Okasha/1992, 1: `with two corners now damaged'. |
| Folklore: | none |
| Crosses: | 1: latin; interlace; straight; other; circular; angular; inner curv; other; decorated |
| Decorations: | Henderson/Okasha/1992, 1--2: `Incised with a framed shafted Greek cross having U-shaped expansions and ornamented partly in relief but mainly in incision with fret-interlace, and spiral patterns'. |
| Macalister, R.A.S. (1949): | [...] || XP~S Expansion: [IHS] XPS Expansion: [IESUS] CHRISTUS Henderson/Okasha/1992 8 reading only Macalister/1949 92 reading only |
| Orientation: | horizontal |
| Position: | n/a ; broad ; within quadrants ; quadrant Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 120: `incised horizontally in the top right corner'. |
| Incision: | inc |
| Date: | 733 - 766 (Henderson/Okasha/1992) Henderson/Okasha/1992, 34: `middle years of the eigth century'. 733 - 766 (Okasha/Forsyth/2001) Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 121: `middle of the eighth century'. |
| Language: | Latin (rbook) |
| Ling. Notes: | none |
| Palaeography: | Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 120: `The texts are both in half-uncial script and are both legible'. CISP: The lettering is in half-uncial. The S is angular like elsewhere at Tullylease and the X is formed of two curved strokes. |
| Legibility: | good Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 120: `legible'. |
| Lines: | 1 |
| Carving errors: | 0 |
| Doubtful: | no |
| Macalister, R.A.S. (1949): | QUICUMQUA/E || HUNC TITULU~ | LEGERIT || ORAT PRO | BERECHTUINE Expansion: QUICUMQUAE HUNC TITULUM LEGERIT ORAT PRO BERECHTUINE Macalister/1949 92--93 reading only |
| Okasha, E. (1992): | QUICU[M]QUA/E || HUNC T/IT/UL/U~ | L/EG/ERIT || ORAT PRO | BERECHTUINE Expansion: QUICUMQUAE HUNC TITULUM LEGERIT ORAT PRO BERECHTUINE Translation: Whoever will have read this inscription, let her/him pray for Berechtuine (PN). Henderson/Okasha/1992 8 reading only |
| Orientation: | horizontal |
| Position: | n/a ; broad ; within quadrants ; separated Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 120: `set in three horizontal lines, the first two interrupted by the shaft of the cross, the third only in the left quadrant'. |
| Incision: | inc |
| Date: | 733 - 766 (Henderson/Okasha/1992) Henderson/Okasha/1992, 34: `middle years of the eigth century'. 600 - 699 (Macalister/1949) Macalister/1949, 92: `The person mentioned is presumably the seventh-century Saxon saint Berechert, to whom the church and other ecclesiastical remains are dedicated'. 733 - 766 (Okasha/Forsyth/2001) Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 121: `middle of the eighth century'. |
| Language: | Latin (rbook) |
| Ling. Notes: | Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 121: `Orat is probably an error for oret `may he/she pray', as occurs elsehwere in Hiberno-Latin, or possibly for the imperative orate `pray'. Legerit could be an error for legit `reads' but as it stands could be either future perfect `will have read' or, perhaps, perfect subjunctive `might have read'. The titulum may refer to the whole inscription or, more specifically, on to text a [TULYS/1/1]'. |
| Palaeography: | Henderson/Okasha/1992, 13-14: `the script used...can be described as Insular majuscule...the script used is likely to date from before the emergence in the early tenth century of square minuscule as the Insular hand'. Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 120: `The texts are both in half-uncial script and are both legible'. CISP: The lettering is Insular half-uncial. The A's are in the 'OC' form and numerous letters such as H, U, T, L and B have wedge-shaped finials. TI and TU in the first line are conjoined such as also found on TULYS/4 and GE and LE are also conjoined in line two. In line one A/E are ligatured. According to the published drawing in Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 119, three of the Rs are of the typical open-bowed majuscule variety, but one has a closed bow and an almost horizontal 'foot'. These differences appear less marked on their published photograph. The final word of the inscription - BERECHTUINE - appears to have been carved with the letters decreasing in size; an interesting example of epigraphic diminuendo? |
| Legibility: | good Henderson/Okasha/1992, 8: `some letters...are rather worn'. |
| Lines: | 3 |
| Carving errors: | 0 |
| Doubtful: | no |
Henderson/Okasha/1992, 10--12, argue against identifying the commemorand with any known figures.