CLMAC/245

Corpus Refs:Macalister/1949:842
Site:CLMAC
Discovery:first mentioned, 1949 Molloy
History:Macalister/1949, 65, 69: `A number of fragments have come to light since CMS was published, many of them found by Mr. Molloy (of Clonmacnois National School) or his son, in the field walls in the neighbourhood'.
Geology:
Dimensions:0.0 x 0.0 x 0.0 (Unknown)
Setting:inc
Location:on site
Macalister makes no mention of the then current location, presumed to be on or near site (Macalister/1949, 69).
Form:name-slab
Condition:frgmntry , poor
Folklore:none
Crosses:1: latin; outline; straight; half-round; circular; cruciform; none; ind; decorated
Decorations:geometric spiral

Macalister/1949, 69: `Cross with interlacing pattern in central expansion'.

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Inscriptions


CLMAC/245/1     Pictures

Readings

Macalister, R.A.S. (1949):O~R~D[--
Expansion:
ORD[--
Macalister/1949 69 reading only

Notes

Orientation:Indeterminate
Position:inc ; broad ; within quadrants ; quadrant
Macalister/1949, 69: `The inscription appears to have been inverted with respect to the cross'.
Incision:inc
Date:None published
Language:Latin (rbook)
Ling. Notes:none
Palaeography:CISP: The lettering is half-uncial. The D has an ascender which bends to the left over an open bow and the R is half-uncial. The fragmentary O may have been lozenge-shaped, or at least angular.
Legibility:some
Only a few letters survive.
Lines:1
Carving errors:n
Doubtful:no

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