CLMAC/96

Corpus Refs:Macalister/1909:132
Macalister/1949:692
Petrie/1872:40
Site:CLMAC
Discovery:first mentioned, 1822 Petrie, G.
History:Petrie/1872, 26: `Drawn by Dr. Petrie at Clonmacnois, in the year 1822'.

Recorded as still on site in Macalister/1949, 53.

Geology:
Dimensions:0.56 x 0.46 x 0.08 (converted from Macalister/1949)
Setting:inc
Location:on site
Form:cross-slab
Condition:incomplete , good
Folklore:none
Crosses:1: latin; outline; straight; half-round; inc; none; ind; none; plain
Decorations:

Macalister/1909, 27, and Macalister/1949, 53, both argue for the cross originally being one with half-round terminations and a circular expansion in the centre.

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Inscriptions


CLMAC/96/1     Pictures

Readings

Petrie, G. (1822):MARTHINE
Expansion:
MARTHINE
Macalister/1909 27 reading only
Macalister/1949 53 reading only
Petrie/1872 26 reading only

Notes

Orientation:vertical down
Position:n/a ; broad ; within quadrants ; quadrant
Incision:inc
Date:867 - 869 (Lionard/1961)
Language:name only (rbook)
Ling. Notes:none
Palaeography:CISP: The inscription is in half-uncial. The M has a short leftwards stroke from the top of the first ascender, as does the I and N; the R is majuscule and the E is closed.
Legibility:good
Lines:1
Carving errors:0
Doubtful:no

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