CLMAC/208

Corpus Refs:Macalister/1909:272
Macalister/1949:805
Site:CLMAC
Discovery:recognised, 1684 Bishop of Meath
History:Macalister/1949, 65: `Known only from a note in `The Bishop's Book' (1684) recording a visit of the Bishop of Meath of the time to Clonmacnois'.
Geology:
Dimensions:0.0 x 0.0 x 0.0 (Unknown)
Setting:Lost (present 1684, missing 1872)
Location:Recorded in 'The Bishop's Book' (1684),
Macalister/1949, 65: `Known only from a note in `The Bishop's Book' (1684) recording a visit of the Bishop of Meath of the time to Claonmacnois'.
Form:Incomplete Information
Condition:inc , inc
Folklore:none
Crosses:none
Decorations:no other decoration

References


Inscriptions


CLMAC/208/1

Readings

Bishop of Meath (1684):IAH AN SHANALY MORERTAGH O MURRY ASPUG CLONE KEAN MEE
Expansion:
+ OR AR ANMAIN MUIRCERTAIG I MUIREDAIG ESPOIC CLUANA [CAOIN MIDE]
Macalister/1909 49 reading only
Macalister/1949 65 reading only

Notes

Orientation:Incomplete Information
Position:inc ; inc ; inc ; inc
Incision:inc
Date:None published
Language:Goidelic (rbook)
Ling. Notes:none
Palaeography:CISP: No illustration survives of this inscription.
Legibility:inc
The precise form and content of the stone and its inscription is unknown, as Macalister/1909, 65, states it is `known only from a note in `The Bishop's Book' (1684) recording a visit of the Bishop of Meath of the time to Clonmacnois. He notes the inscription on this slab, otherwise unknown - `Iah an Shanaly morertagh o murry aspug Clone Kean Mee', which might stand for + OR AR ANMAIN MUIRCERTAIG I MUIREDAIG ESPOIC CLUANA [CAOIN MIDE]?'.

Presenting this `transcription' Macalister/1909, 49, noted, `the Bishop's rendering is past doctoring'.

Lines:2
Carving errors:0
Doubtful:yes

Names

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