CLMAC/260

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'.

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Inscriptions


CLMAC/260/1     Pictures

Readings

Macalister, R.A.S. (1949):O~R~T~ || DO | CAN | AN || DEN
Expansion:
OROIT DO CANANDEN
Macalister/1949 199, Plate LXVII listing

Notes

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

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