Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1909:204 Macalister/1949:746 Petrie/1872:166 |
Site: | CLMAC |
Discovery: | first mentioned, 1822 Petrie, G. |
History: | First recorded in Petrie/1872, 72: `Drawn by Dr. Petrie at Clonmacnois, in 1822'. Recorded as still on site in Macalister/1909, 39--40, and Macalister/1949, 59. |
Geology: | |
Dimensions: | 1.55 x 0.53 x 0.06 (converted from Macalister/1949) |
Setting: | inc |
Location: | on site Recorded as still on site in Macalister/1949, 59. |
Form: | cross-slab |
Condition: | complete , poor Macalister/1909, 40: `the sinister side is almost completely effaced'. |
Folklore: | none |
Crosses: | 1: latin; outline; straight; plain; ; angular; none; other; plain |
Decorations: | other Macalister/1909, 40: `The present example consists of a Latin cross, with a rosette (now much worn) at the centre, and a floriated base, contained in a panel'. Macalister/1949, 59: `Slab with panelled Latin cross, floreated below'. |
Petrie, G. (1822): | O~R~DOCH || [--]DOMUG | ROINHU || BORGAN Expansion: OROIT DO CH[--] DO MUGROIN HU BORGAN Translation: Pray for Ch[--] (PN) for Mugron (PN), descendant of Borgan (PN). Petrie/1872 72 reading only |
Macalister, R.A.S. (1909): | O~R~DOCH || [--]CENMAEL | ROINHU || LORGAN Expansion: OROIT DO CH[--]CEN MAELROIN HU LORGAN Macalister/1909 40 reading only Macalister/1949 59 reading only |
Orientation: | vertical down |
Position: | n/a ; broad ; within quadrants ; quadrant |
Incision: | inc |
Date: | - (Macalister/1909) Macalister/1909, 39--40: `This [slab is] obviously of later date than the majority of the series'. |
Language: | Goidelic (rbook) |
Ling. Notes: | none |
Palaeography: | CISP: The lettering is Insular half-uncial. The A's are in the 'OC' form. The Rs are majuscule and the U flat-bottomed. The second line has two different forms of N. The first is majuscule, with an cross-bar angling downward between the two ascenders. The second N is minuscule with a curved top-stroke. The H is minuscule with a very short ascender and the G is half-uncial. |
Legibility: | some Macalister/1909, 40, indicates that the stone is quite badly damaged, and that some of the lettering is lost. |
Lines: | 2 |
Carving errors: | 0 |
Doubtful: | no |