LGFNI/2

Corpus Refs:Nash-Williams/1950:25
Site:LGFNI
Discovery:first mentioned, 1710 Rowlands, H.
History:The stone was found among the ruins of Capel Heilyn, Trefollwyn, in the eighteenth century. Last seen by Lewis Morris before 1896, and now lost.
Geology:
Dimensions:0.0 x 0.0 x 0.0 (converted from Macalister/1945)
Setting:Lost (present 1896, missing 1937)
Location:The Royal Commissioners failed to find the stone in 1937. Macalister/1945 and Nash-Williams/1950 record it as lost.
Last seen at Capel Heilyn, township of Trefollwyn, parish of Llangefni in 1896 by Lewis Morris.
Form:plain
Condition:incomplete , n/a
When recorded the stone was broken in two.
Folklore:none
Crosses:none
Decorations:no other decoration

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Inscriptions


LGFNI/2/1     Pictures

Readings

Radford, C.A.R. (1937):--]IACIT | SORI[S^I]
Expansion:
[HIC] IACIT [--]SORIS
Radford/1937b cvi reading only
Macalister, R.A.S. (1945):[HIC]IACIT | --]SORIS
Expansion:
HIC IACIT | [--]SORIS
Macalister/1945 308 reading only
Nash-Williams, V.E. (1950):[--HIC I]ACIT | --]SORIS
Expansion:
HIC IACIT | [--]SORIS
Translation:
Here lies (So-and-so), son? of ...sor(PN).
Expansion:
[HIC] IACIT [--UX]SORIS
Translation:
The stone of So-and-so. Here she lies, the wife (of So-and-so).
Nash-Williams/1950 59 reading only

Notes

Orientation:vertical down
Position:inc ; broad ; n/a ; undecorated
Incision:inc
Date:400 - 533 (Nash-Williams/1950)

400 - 499 (Jackson/1953)
Language:Latin (rcaps)
Ling. Notes:The spelling `iacit' indicates post-classical pronounciation and spelling of Latin.
Paleo. Notes:The `R' in -soris is open-bowed and has a shortened oblique stroke. Perhaps some serifs on the terminals of the the first `I', as well as the `T' and `A' in iacit.
Legibility:some
The drawing in Nash-Williams/1950, Fig. 27, appear to show a clear text.
Lines:2
Carving errors:
Doubtful:no

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