CLMAC/199

Corpus Refs:Macalister/1909:258
Macalister/1949:795
Petrie/1872:163
Site:CLMAC
Discovery:first mentioned, 1822 Petrie, G.
History:Petrie/1872, 71, states that the stone as drawn by Dr. Petrie at Clonmacnois in 1822.

Macalister/1899, 116, records the stone as lost, as does Macalister/1909, 48, and Macalister/1949, 64.

Geology:
Dimensions:0.0 x 0.0 x 0.0 (Unknown)
Setting:Lost (present 1872, missing 1899)
Location:Recorded as extant in Petrie/1872, 71, and as lost in Macalister/1899, 116.
Macalister/1899, 116, records the stone as lost, as does Macalister/1909, 48, and Macalister/1949, 64.
Form:cross-slab
Condition:frgmntry , inc
Folklore:none
Crosses:1: equal-armed; outline; straight; expanded; circular; circular; none; none; plain
Decorations:

Macalister/1909, 48, describes this stone's cross as having `a circular expanding centre containing a crosslet pattée, cantoned with small triangles'.

Macalister/1949, 64: `Equilateral cross with rectangular expansions, all inside a circle'.

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Inscriptions


CLMAC/199/1     Pictures

Readings

Petrie, G. (1822):THOMAS
Expansion:
THOMAS
Macalister/1909 48 reading only
Macalister/1949 64 reading only
Petrie/1872 71, Plate LXVIII, Fig. 163 reading only

Notes

Orientation:circular
Position:inc ; broad ; above cross ; undivided
Incision:inc
Date:1278 - 1278 (Petrie/1872)
Language:name only (rbook)
Ling. Notes:none
Palaeography:CISP: The lettering is Insular half-uncial. The A is in the 'OC' form and the H and T have wedge-shaped finials. The T has a curved ascender and a flat top-stroke, the H is minuscule and the S is half-uncial.
Legibility:inc
Lines:1
Carving errors:0
Doubtful:no

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