Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1945:457 Okasha/1993:18 |
Site: | LCARF |
Discovery: | first mentioned, 1912 Dunn |
History: | Okasha/1993, 126: `The stone was known to a Mr Dunn of Lancarffe from around 1912, lying in the bed of a stream. In 1928 the stone was removed to Bodmin but Mr Dunn recovered it and had it built into a new wall in the garden of Lancarffe house'. |
Geology: | Macalister/1945, 435: `granite'. |
Dimensions: | 1.87 x 0.25 x 0.04 (Okasha/1993) |
Setting: | in struct |
Location: | Lancarffe; Current location from Okasha. Okasha/1993, 126: `The stone is now built into the wall of a summer house in the garden of Lancarffe House, Bodmin'. |
Form: | plain Okasha/1993, 126: `originally it was probably an erect pillar stone'. |
Condition: | complete , some Macalister/1945, 435, speaks of a `fracture' in the stone. Okasha/1993, 126: `It is probably complete but is broken in two pieces'. |
Folklore: | none |
Crosses: | none |
Decorations: | Okasha/1993, 126: `the visible face is uncarved'. Macalister/1945, 435: `There is an O-shaped mark just before the D: this is not a letter, but may be part of an ornament'. |
Macalister, R.A.S. (1945): | *DV{N}OC{A}T{I}HICI{A}CIT | F/ILIMERC{A}GN{I} Expansion: DVNOCATI HIC IACIT FILI MERCAGNI Macalister/1945 435--436 reading only |
Okasha, E. (1984): | DV{N}O[.]{A}T{I}HICI{A}CIT | F/ILIME[.]C{A}GN{I} Expansion: DVNO[.]ATI HIC IACIT FILI ME[S]CAGNI Translation: Here lies [the body] of Duno[.]atus (PN), son of Me[s]cagnus (PN). Okasha/1993 126--127 reading only |
Thomas, C. (1994): | DV{N}OC{A}T{I}HICI{A}CIT | F/ILIME{S}C{A}GN{I} Expansion: DVNOCATI HIC IACIT FILI MESCAGNI Translation: Of-Dunocatus (PN) here lies, of-the-son of-Mescagnus (PN). Thomas/1994 263--264 reading only |
Orientation: | vertical down |
Position: | n/a ; broad ; n/a ; undecorated |
Incision: | inc |
Date: | 533 - 566 (Thomas/1994) 400 - 799 (Okasha/1993) |
Language: | Latin (rcaps) |
Ling. Notes: | none |
Palaeography: | Thomas/1994, 265: `It shows angle-bar A and horizontal I, with two reversed capitals but no devolved letters; a date of VI.2 [i.e. mid-sixth] is a safe one'. Okasha/1993, 126: `The text is in a predominantly capital script'. |
Legibility: | good Okasha/1993, 126: `The text is legible and appears to be complete'. Macalister/1945, 435: `The letters are in excellent condition'. |
Lines: | 2 |
Carving errors: | 0 |
Doubtful: | no |