Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1909:189 Macalister/1949:736 Petrie/1872:141 |
Site: | CLMAC |
Discovery: | first mentioned, 1869 Graves, J. |
History: | Petrie/1872, 64: `Drawn by M[argaret]. S[tokes]., from a rubbing made by the Rev. James Graves, at Clonmacnoise, in 1869'. Recorded as still on site in Macalister/1909, 37, and again in Macalister/1949, 57. |
Geology: | |
Dimensions: | 0.83 x 0.43 x 0.11 (converted from Macalister/1949) |
Setting: | inc |
Location: | on site Recorded as still on site in Macalister/1949, 57. |
Form: | cross-slab |
Condition: | incomplete , poor Macalister/1909, Plate XXVIII, shows the stone as broken in two pieces, with other sections missing; and 37, states that Petrie had overlooked the second `fragment, whose thickness shows that it must belong to this slab (although it does not fit the fracture, owing to the loss of the intervening part of the stone)'. |
Folklore: | none |
Crosses: | 1: latin; outline; straight; half-round; circular; none; inner curv; none; decorated |
Decorations: | geometric key pattern Macalister/1909, 37: `A three line cross with a peculiar spiral pattern in the central expansion, key-patterns in the side and basal terminals, and a knot in the head terminal'. |
Graves, J. (1869): | O~R~ || DO[--] | BRIGTE Expansion: OROIT DO [MAEL]BRIGTE Translation: Pray for...Brigte (PN). Petrie/1872 63 reading only |
Macalister, R.A.S. (1909): | OR || DOM[A]EL | BRIGTE Expansion: OROIT DO M[A]ELBRIGTE Macalister/1909 37 reading only |
Macalister, R.A.S. (1949): | OR || DO[MA]EL | BRIGTE Expansion: OROIT DO [MA]ELBRIGTE Macalister/1949 57 reading only |
Orientation: | vertical down |
Position: | n/a ; broad ; within quadrants ; quadrant |
Incision: | inc |
Date: | None published |
Language: | Goidelic (rbook) |
Ling. Notes: | none |
Palaeography: | CISP: The inscription is in half-uncial. The initial O tapers downward to a point; the R's are majuscule and open bowed; the D has an ascender that bends to the left over an open tapering bow; the E's are minuscule; the L curved; the B has an ascender which bends to the right over an open bow and the G and T are in the classic half-uncial forms. |
Legibility: | good All the surviving letters, except the M of the 1st line, are clear. |
Lines: | 2 |
Carving errors: | 0 |
Doubtful: | no |