Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1909:193 Macalister/1949:740 Petrie/1872:148 |
Site: | CLMAC |
Discovery: | first mentioned, 1822 Petrie, G. |
History: | Petrie/1872, 66: `Drawn by Dr. Petrie at Clonmacnois, in 1822'. Recorded as still on site in Macalister/1909, 38, and again in Macalister/1949, 58. |
Geology: | |
Dimensions: | 0.91 x 0.56 x 0.06 (converted from Macalister/1949) |
Setting: | inc |
Location: | on site Recorded as still on site in Macalister/1949, 58. |
Form: | cross-slab |
Condition: | complete , good |
Folklore: | none |
Crosses: | 1: latin; outline; straight; half-round; circular; none; inner curv; none; decorated |
Decorations: | Macalister/1909, 38: `A three line cross with circular central expansion containing tetraskelion, and blank semi-circular looped terminals'. |
Petrie, G. (1822): | O~R~ || DOMAEL | FINNIA Expansion: OROIT DO MAELFINNIA Translation: Pray for Maelfinnia (PN). Macalister/1909 38 reading only Macalister/1949 58 reading only Petrie/1872 66 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 lettering is Insular half-uncial. The A's are both in the 'OC' form. The D and second O both have heart-shaped bows, the ascender of the D bending to the left over this bow. The E is in the closed minuscule form. The Ns both have flat top-strokes, with short strokes to the left from the top of the left-most ascender. Similar short strokes appear on the M, I, F and L. The R is majuscule, as is the F. |
Legibility: | good |
Lines: | 2 |
Carving errors: | 0 |
Doubtful: | no |