Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1949:1094 |
Site: | CLMAC |
Discovery: | first mentioned, 1949 Macalister, R.A.S. |
History: | |
Geology: | |
Dimensions: | 0.41 x 0.43 x 0.0 (converted from Macalister/1949) |
Setting: | inc |
Location: | inc |
Form: | cross-slab |
Condition: | frgmntry , some |
Folklore: | none |
Crosses: | 1: latin; linear; straight; half-round; circular; none; inner curv; ind; plain |
Decorations: | geometric key pattern Macalister/1949, 199: `A cross with a circular and semicircular expansions of the usual kind, charged with key-patterns; it is a very poor piece of 'prentice work, unworthy of Clonmacnois'. |
Macalister, R.A.S. (1949): | O~R~T~ || DO | CAN | AN || DEN Expansion: OROIT DO CANANDEN Macalister/1949 199, Plate LXVII listing |
Orientation: | horizontal |
Position: | inc ; broad ; beside cross ; separated |
Incision: | inc |
Date: | None published |
Language: | Goidelic (rbook) |
Ling. Notes: | none |
Palaeography: | CISP: The lettering is half-uncial. The Ds have ascenders which bend to the left over open bows. In the first instance the bow is heart-shaped. The E is in the open uncial form and the Ns are minuscule. The As have square bows, but not extended flourish. |
Legibility: | poor Macalister/1949, 199: `The inscription is obscure, owing to the distribution of the lettering among the cantons; it seems to be meant for O~R~T~DO in the sinister cantons - (the O broken away, the R represented only by the lower tip, and the curve of the T, which alone remains, looking more like a C) - followed by the name CANANDEN, eccentrically distributed between the dexter cantons'. |
Lines: | 3 |
Carving errors: | 0 |
Doubtful: | no |