GALPR/3

Corpus Refs:Kendrick/1939:T8
Macalister/1949:853
Site:GALPR
Discovery:arch excav, 1935 Kendrick, T.D.
History:Found by T.D. Kendrick during his excavations of the priory.
Geology:
Dimensions:1.07 x 0.61 x 0.14 (converted from Macalister/1949)
Setting:unattch
Location:on site
Macalister/1949, 72: `in an out-house near the gate-lodge'.
Form:cross-slab
Condition:complete , good
Folklore:none
Crosses:1: latin; outline; straight; half-round; circular; none; none; none; decorated
Decorations:geometric ribbon interlace

Kendrick/1939, 9: `incised cross with expanding ends containing fret-pattern; in the centre a roundel of interlace'.

Macalister/1949, 73: `A cross with a circular expansion and looped semicircular terminal expansions: a simple interlacement in the central, key-pattern in the terminals'.

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Inscriptions


GALPR/3/1

Readings

Kendrick, T.D. (1935):O~R~DO || BRALIN
Expansion:
OROIT DO BRALIN
Kendrick/1939 9--10 reading only
Macalister, R.A.S. (1949):O~R~DO || BRAUN
Expansion:
OROIT DO BRAUN
Macalister/1949 73 reading only

Notes

Orientation:vertical down
Position:n/a ; broad ; beside cross ; quadrant
Macalister/1949, 73, notes that the inscription ran down the dexter side of the cross.
Incision:inc
Date:None published
Language:Goidelic (rbook)
Ling. Notes:none
Palaeography:CISP: The lettering is Insular half-uncial. The A is in the 'OC' form and the D, B and N have wedge-shaped finials. The D has an ascender which bends to the left over an open almost heart-shaped bow. The B has also has an ascender which curves over an open bow. The R is half-uncial, the L is curved and the N is minuscule. The initial O has an almost heart-shaped bow.
Legibility:good
Lines:1
Carving errors:0
Doubtful:no

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