| Corpus Refs: | Nash-Williams/1950:113 |
| Site: | LDEWA |
| Discovery: | recognised, 1895 Rhys, J. |
| History: | Rhys/1896, 113: `Some thirty-five years ago it [the church] underwent the misfortune of being restored, as it is sometimes called, when some sculptured and incised stones were carried thence and used to adorn a rockery in the garden of a house called Dol Aeron, situated near the bridge over the Aeron, a little above the town. Mr. Davies took me to see them, and at once we found several'. Macalister/1949, 139: `formerly on a garden rockery, but now restored to the church'. |
| Geology: | |
| Dimensions: | 0.57 x 0.25 x 0.09 (converted from Macalister/1949) |
| Setting: | in display |
| Location: | earliest Macalister/1949, 139: `in the porch'. Nash-Williams/1950, 98: `Inside church porch, clamped (upside down) to S. wall'. |
| Form: | Cramp shaft A Macalister/1949, 139: `They belonged to a cross, which probably was the finest in Wales'. Nash-Williams/1950, 96: `Two sculptured fragments (? of a cross-shaft), decorated with carved patterns in low relief and inscribed. Fragment, 24" h. x 9 1/4" w. x 4" t.'. |
| Condition: | frgmntry , poor Macalister/1949, 139: `very little can now be made of them'. |
| Folklore: | none |
| Crosses: | none |
| Decorations: | frame; geometric ribbon interlace; geometric key pattern Rhys/1896, 113: `having on it both ornamentation and [the inscription]'. Macalister/1949, 140: `The cross was decorated with panels containing geometrical ornamentation, and there were long inscriptions...the return face adjacent to this inscription bears a damaged key pattern ornament'. Nash-Williams/1950, 96--98: `Front. Part of a panel (?) of diagonal square fret-pattern (R.A. 958, common on Scottish monuments) disposed diagonally. Left. Vestiges of panels disposed vertically: (a) fragmentary inscription...(b) plain knotwork (indeterminate). Right. Fragmentary inscription'. |
| Macalister, R.A.S. (1949): | [--] | [--] | [--] | [--] | [--] | [--] Expansion: [--] Macalister/1949 140 reading only |
| Nash-Williams, V.E. (1950): | --]LO[-- | --]OL[-- | --]QU[-- | --]ANI[-- | --]RES[-- | --]CEN[-- Expansion: --]LO[--]OL[--]QU[--]ANI[--]RES[--]CEN[-- Nash-Williams/1950 96--98 reading only |
| Orientation: | horizontal |
| Position: | n/a ; ind ; n/a ; panel Nash-Williams/1950, 96: `Vestiges of panels disposed vertically: (a) fragmentary inscription in six lines reading horizontally'. |
| Incision: | cut Nash-Williams/1950, 98: `deeply cut in good style'. |
| Date: | 800 - 999 (Nash-Williams/1950) |
| Language: | Latin (rbook) |
| Ling. Notes: | none |
| Palaeography: | Nash-Williams/1950, 98: `Round half-uncials...The incomplete lines suggest a formula akin to that used on No. 223, with l. 4 as part of the word anima'. |
| Legibility: | poor Nash-Williams/1950, 97--98: `fragmentary inscription … meaning indeterminate'. |
| Lines: | 6 |
| Carving errors: | 0 |
| Doubtful: | no |
| Macalister, R.A.S. (1949): | [--] | [--] | [--] | [--] | [--] | [--] | [--] | [--] | [--] | [--] Expansion: [--] Macalister/1949 140 reading only |
| Nash-Williams, V.E. (1950): | --][R] | --]RU | --]D | --][N^S] | --][U]AT | --]AR | --][S] | --]O | --]A | [--] Expansion: [--R--]RU[--]D[--N^S--U]AT[--]AR[--S--]O[--]A[--] Nash-Williams/1950 98 reading only |
| Orientation: | horizontal |
| Position: | n/a ; ind ; n/a ; undivided Nash-Williams/1950, 98: `Right. Fragmentary inscription in ten (?) lines reading horizontally'. |
| Incision: | cut Nash-Williams/1950, 98: `rather coarsely cut'. |
| Date: | None published |
| Language: | Latin (rbook) |
| Ling. Notes: | none |
| Palaeography: | Nash-Williams/1950, 98: `Round half-uncials, rather coarsely cut. l. 2 may be part of the word CRUX or CRUCEM'. |
| Legibility: | poor Nash-Williams/1950, 98: `fragmentary inscription'. |
| Lines: | 10 |
| Carving errors: | 0 |
| Doubtful: | no |