Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1949:575 |
Site: | INCLO |
Discovery: | first mentioned, 1900 Bigger, F.J. |
History: | |
Geology: | |
Dimensions: | 0.67 x 0.53 x 0.0 (converted from Macalister/1949) |
Setting: | inc |
Location: | inc |
Form: | cross-slab |
Condition: | complete , inc |
Folklore: | none |
Crosses: | 1: latin; interlace; straight; half-round; circular; cruciform; inner curv; none; decorated |
Decorations: | Macalister/1949, 29: `a cross of the eleventh-century Clonmacnois type, with key-pattern expansions'. |
Macalister, R.A.S. (1949): | O~R~ || DOLAITH | B~T~ || ACH Expansion: O~R~ DO LAITHBERTACH Macalister/1949 29, Plate V concise discussion |
Orientation: | vertical down |
Position: | n/a ; both ; beside cross ; quadrant |
Incision: | inc |
Date: | None published |
Language: | Goidelic (rbook) |
Ling. Notes: | none |
Palaeography: | CISP: Insular half-uncial with a large initial O, followed by smaller letters. There is the 'OC' A, curved L and T, majuscule R, B with a vertical ascender and a D with an ascender which bends to the left over the bow. There is a contraction mark over the BT to allow Laithb(er)tach. |
Legibility: | good |
Lines: | 2 |
Carving errors: | n |
Doubtful: | no |