CLMAC/230

Corpus Refs:Macalister/1909:266
Macalister/1949:827
Petrie/1872:178
Site:CLMAC
Discovery:first mentioned, 1822 Petrie, G.
History:Petrie/1872, 75: `Drawn by Dr. Petrie at Clonmacnois, in the year 1822'.

Recorded as lost in Macalister/1899, 116, and Macalister/1909, 49.

Macalister/1949, 65, 68, records that the stone was re-found by Mr. Molloy.

Geology:
Dimensions:0.33 x 0.22 x 0.0 (converted from Macalister/1949)
Setting:inc
Location:on site
Form:cross-slab
Condition:incomplete , poor
Macalister/1949, 68: `The top of the stone is now broken away'.
Folklore:none
Crosses:1: latin; outline; straight; half-round; circular; none; inner curv; ind; decorated
Decorations:geometric key pattern

Macalister/1909, 49: `Five line cross with looped terminal, and circular central expansions, all containing key-patterns...The initial cross is pattée, with a fine line drawn around it'.

Macalister/1949, 68: `Cross with expanding terminals containing key-pattern. The cross is drawn in a peculiar lopsided way, there being more component lines in the upper sinister and the lower dexter quarters than in the rest'.

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Inscriptions


CLMAC/230/1     Pictures

Readings

Petrie, G. (1822):+D || OCEN | NE || DIG
Expansion:
+ DO CENNEDIG
Translation:
+ For Cennedig (PN).
Macalister/1909 49 reading only
Petrie/1872 75 reading only
Macalister, R.A.S. (1949):[+D] || OCEN | [NE] || DIG
Expansion:
[+ D]O CENNEDIG
Macalister/1949 68 reading only

Notes

Orientation:vertical down
Position:n/a ; broad ; within quadrants ; quadrant
Incision:inc
Date:1128 - 1128 (Petrie/1872)

1128 - 1128 (Lionard/1961)
Language:Goidelic (rbook)
Ling. Notes:none
Palaeography:CISP: The lettering is Insular half-uncial. Both drawings agree that the G and I have wedge-shaped finials, while Petrie's drawing also shows such finials on the Ns and second D. For Macalister the D with an ascender which bends to the left has a rounded open bow, for Petrie the bow was heart-shaped. Similarly for Macalister the E is in the open uncial form and for Petrie it was in the closed minuscule form. For Petrie the O was oval shaped while for Macalister it was rounded.
Legibility:some
Lines:2
Carving errors:0
Doubtful:no

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