Corpus Refs: | Huebner/1876:56 Macalister/1945:347 Nash-Williams/1950:76 |
Site: | YGYNL |
Discovery: | first mentioned, 1855 Westwood, J.O. |
History: | CISP: The stones appear not to have been moved since their first mention by Westwood in 1855 and Nash-Williams in 1950, but Macalister/1945, 332 states: `now built into the wall of a lean-to coal-cellar against the S.E. corner of the modern parish church'. |
Geology: | Macalister/1945, 332, sandstone or ironstone, Macalister does not make clear which stone is which! |
Dimensions: | 0.6 x 0.17 x 0.01 (converted from Nash-Williams/1950) |
Setting: | in struct |
Location: | earliest Westwood/1876, 63: `The second of these stones (fig. 3) is built into the outside of the east wall of the same church, near the south-east angle.' Macalister/1945, 332: `now built into the wall of a lean-to coal-cellar against the S.E. corner of the modern parish church'. Nash-Williams/1950, 82: `Built into external S. wall of church at E. end (with No. 75 [YGYNL/1])'. |
Form: | plain Macalister/1945, 332, calls it a fragment. Macalister notes Westwood's discussion of whether the two stones (this one and YGYNL/1) were part of the same monument and notes that had Westwood seen the stones the question would not have arisen as they are different types of stone. Nash-Williams/1950, 82: `Lower portion of a roughly quadrangular pillar-stone'. |
Condition: | frgmntry , good |
Folklore: | none |
Crosses: | none |
Decorations: | no other decoration |
Westwood, J.O. (1855): | HICIA{C}IT Expansion: HIC IACIT Westwood/1876 63 concise discussion |
Macalister, R.A.S. (1945): | HICIA{C}IT Expansion: HIC IACIT Macalister/1945 332 reading only Nash-Williams/1950 82 concise discussion |
Nash-Williams, V.E. (1950): | HICIA{C}IT Expansion: HIC IACIT Translation: He (or she) lies here. |
Orientation: | vertical indeterminate |
Position: | n/a ; ind ; n/a ; undecorated Nash-Williams/1950, 82: `Latin inscription (incomplete) in one line reading vertically downwards'. |
Incision: | inc Nash-Williams/1950, 82: `lightly cut'. |
Date: | 500 - 599 (Nash-Williams/1950) Nash-Williams/1950, 82: `6th century AD'. |
Language: | Latin (rbook) |
Ling. Notes: | Westwood/1876, 64: `the usual false Latinity IACIT is adopted'. |
Palaeography: | Westwood/1876, 63--63: `The inscription is simply HIC IACIT, but it cannot have been part of the preceding inscription, as the letters are much smaller (being only 2 1/4 inches high, and much better formed)...The inscription is in good Roman capitals, except the terminal T, which has a more minuscule form, the bottom of the vertical stroke being a little angulated to the right; the A has the cross bar angulated'. Nash-Williams/1950, 82: `Roman capitals, with half-uncial T, all lightly cut in fairly good style. The A (damaged) appears to have an angular crossbar. The C's are enlarged'. |
Legibility: | good |
Lines: | 1 |
Carving errors: | n |
Doubtful: | no |