INCLO/1

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'.

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INCLO/1/1     Pictures

Readings

Macalister, R.A.S. (1949):O~R~ || DOLAITH | B~T~ || ACH
Expansion:
O~R~ DO LAITHBERTACH
Macalister/1949 29, Plate V concise discussion

Notes

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

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