KMKDR/2

Corpus Refs:Cuppage/etal/1986:855(3)
Macalister/1949:913
Okasha/Forsyth/2001:Kilmalkedar 1
Site:KMKDR
Discovery:first mentioned, 1804 Pelham, H.
History:Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 165--166: `The stone was recorded and drawn by Pelham in 1804 and by Chatterton and Windele in 1838. Pelham described it as standing in the churchyard, `about five yards from the church door ... but Windele gave more detail. It was then standing `Facing the West door of the Church' and `8 feet to the West of the door' ... with the inscribed face of the stone described as the `Western face of the Stone facing the door' ... This seems to indicate that the stone was then inside the west door of the church. ... By 1877 the stone was certainly in the churchyard: Quinn illustrated the stone with two photographs ... but with it in slightly different places. ... By 1892 the stone was `lying about in the churchyard at Kilmalkedar utterly uncared for', which may or may not indicate that it had been moved again. It remained in the churchyard for many years but by 1975 was again inside the church ... By 1982 it was in its present position as Hamlin's photograph shows'.
Geology:
Dimensions:1.21 x 0.32 x 0.15 (Okasha/Forsyth/2001)
Setting:in ground
Location:earliest
Cuppage/et al/1986, 311: `Now erected on a modern base beside the chancel arch of the church'.

Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 165: `The stone is cemented into a modern base beside the chancel arch, inside the ruins of the Romanesque church'.

Form:cross-marked
Cuppage et al/1986, 311: `...pillar stone...broken across the top'.

Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 166: `The stone is a worked pillar of rectangular cross-section'.

Condition:incomplete , good
Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 166: `It is neatly broken at the top and the extant design indicates that a sizeable portion is missing'.
Folklore:none
Crosses:1: latin; linear; straight; expanded; ind; none; ind; expanded; n/a
2: latin; linear; straight; expanded; plain; none; none; expanded; plain
3: ind; linear; ind; ind; ind; circular; ind; expanded; n/a
Decorations:

Cuppage et al/1986, 311: `The S face is inscribed with a Latin cross with scrolled terminals. Above this a small part of a cross-in-circle motif is visible, the cross probably having similar scrolled terminals to the one beneath. Only the scrolled terminal and the stem of the cross on the N face survive.'

Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 166--167: `Both broad faces are incised with crosses. On one face there is a linear Latin cross with inwardly disposed `C' scrolls at each terminal. Above this is the lower arc of a circle inside which is what appears to be part of a cross-arm, also with a scrolled terminal. On the other face is the long shaft of a cross terminating in an inward turning `C' scroll'.

References


Inscriptions


KMKDR/2/1     Pictures

Readings

Macalister, R.A.S. (1949):DN~I
Expansion:
DNI
Macalister/1949 96, pl. IX reading only
Cuppage, J. (1986):DN~I
Expansion:
DOMINI
Cuppage/etal/1986 311, Fig. 184 reading only
Okasha and Forsyth (1996):DN~I
Expansion:
D(OMI)NI
Translation:
Of the Lord.
Okasha/Forsyth/2001 167 reading only

Notes

Orientation:vertical down
Position:W ; narrow ; n/a ; undecorated
Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 167: `incised on the left side of the stone, set vertically downwards with the bottom of the letters to the viewer's left'.
Incision:inc
Date:550 - 599 (Bieler/1949)
Bieler/1949, 271, argues for a date in the second half of the sixth century.
600 - 699 (Higgitt/1990)
Higgitt/1990, 154, dates the inscription to the seventh century.
600 - 699 (Okasha/Forsyth/2001)
Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 168, date the inscription to the seventh century.
666 - 733 (Thomas/1998)
Thomas/1998, 56--57, argues for a date of circa 700, for this inscription.
Language:Latin (rbook)
Ling. Notes:none
Palaeography:Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 167: `half-uncial script'.

CISP: The lettering is half-uncial. The D has a vertical ascender, and differs from those on KMKDR/1 and KMKDR/2/2 in having a closed bow. The N is angular in form and the I appears to have a wedge-shaped finial atop its ascender.

Legibility:good
Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 167: `clearly legible'.
Lines:1
Carving errors:n
Doubtful:no

Names

References


KMKDR/2/2     Pictures

Readings

Macalister, R.A.S. (1949):BCDEFGHIKLMN | OPQRS || TUXYZE/T
Expansion:
BCDEFGHIKLMNOPQRSTUXYZE/T
Translation:
alphabet
Macalister/1949 pl. IX reading only
Cuppage, J. (1986):BCDEFGHIKLMN | OPQRS || TUXYZE/T
Expansion:
BCDEFGHIKLMNOPQRSTUXYZE/T
Translation:
alphabet
Cuppage/etal/1986 fig. 184, 311 concise discussion
Okasha and Forsyth (1996):[--][.]BCDEFGHIKLMN | OPQRS || TUX{Y}{Z}E/T
Expansion:
[--]ABCDEFGHIKLMNOPQRSTUXYZ ET
Okasha/Forsyth/2001 167 reading only

Notes

Orientation:vertical down
Position:W ; narrow ; n/a ; undecorated
Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 167: `Text a [KMKDR/2/1] was obviously inscribed first, in rather large letters; text b [this inscription], in rather smaller letters, was then fitted in around it'.
Incision:inc
Date:550 - 600 (Bieler/1949)
Bieler/1949, 271, argued for a date in the second half of the sixth century.
600 - 699 (Higgitt/1990)
Higgitt/1990, 154, suggested a date in the seventh century.
600 - 699 (Okasha/Forsyth/2001)
Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 168, agree with Higgitt/1990 and support a seventh-century date.
800 - 899 (Thomas/1998)
Thomas/1998, 56--57, argues, on the basis of the 23-letter alphabet on this stone, for a ninth-century date for this inscription.
Language:Latin (rbook)
Ling. Notes:Macalister/1949, 96: `All the letters of the Latin alphabet are present (not the Irish alphabet only), including an ET monogram at the end.'

Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 167: `A Latin alphabet'.

Palaeography:Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 167: `half-uncial script ... The last letter appears to be the manuscript ligature of E and T for Latin et `and'. The preceding two letters appear to be a Y of rather unusual form and a Z'.

CISP:

Legibility:good
Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 167: `some letters ... are damaged but this text is also mostly legible'.
Lines:2
Carving errors:n
Doubtful:no

Names

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