| Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1945:337 Nash-Williams/1950:60 |
| Site: | LGORS |
| Discovery: | non-arch dig, 1881 sexton |
| History: | Westwood/1890, 224: `We are indebted to the Rev. Williams Bowen, Vicar of Llangorse, for a notice of a hirtheto unpublished early inscribed, sepulchral stone found in the churchyward of that parish on May 9th, 1881, by the sexton on opening a grave about 7 ft. from the east end wall of the south aisle of the church. It was discovered about 2 ft. 6 in. beneath the surface of the ground, and is a stone of the neighbourhood'. Macalister/1922, 202: `A second inscribed stone, discovered here after the publication of the `Lapidarium', is described by Westwood in Arch. Camb. series V, vol. vii (1890), p. 224'. Macalister/1945, 323: `Found digging a grave'. |
| Geology: | |
| Dimensions: | 1.14 x 0.39 x 0.33 (converted from Macalister/1945) |
| Setting: | unattch |
| Location: | on site Macalister/1945, 323: `now lying inside the church vestry door'. Nash-Williams/1950, 76: `Inside church, in vestry'. |
| Form: | plain Nash-Williams/1950, 76: `Rough stone block'. |
| Condition: | complete , good |
| Folklore: | none |
| Crosses: | none |
| Decorations: | no other decoration |
| Macalister, R.A.S. (1922): | HICIACET[S]IWERDFILIVS | VVLMER Expansion: HIC IACET SIWERD FILIVS VVLMER Macalister/1922 202 reading only Macalister/1945 323 reading only |
| Nash-Williams, V.E. (1950): | HICIACET[S]I[U]LERD[F]ILIVS | VVLMER Expansion: HIC IACET SIULERD FILIVS VVLMER Translation: Here lies Siulerd (?) (PN), son of Vulmer (PN). Nash-Williams/1950 76 concise discussion |
| Orientation: | Indeterminate |
| Position: | n/a ; narrow ; n/a ; undecorated Inscription takes up all of one of the slightly narrower faces. |
| Incision: | inc Macalister/1945, 323: `pocked'. Nash-Williams/1950, 76: `thinly cut'. |
| Date: | 1000 - 1199 (Nash-Williams/1950) Nash-Williams/1950, 76: `The formula (Hic iacet instead of the usual Hic iacit), the forms of the personal names, and the style of the lettering are in favour of a medieval rather than an Early Christian attribution (cf. No. 382). 11th--12th century'. |
| Language: | Latin (rcaps) |
| Ling. Notes: | Nash-Williams/1950, 76: `Hic iacet instead of the usual Hic iacit'. |
| Palaeography: | Macalister/1922, 202, criticizes Westwood for not visiting the stone to check the rubbing and thus `making the inscription unintelligible as a whole' and introducing `a large number of minor inaccuracies in the representation of individual letters'. Macalister/1945, 323: `in two lines of Roman capitals with ornamental serifs. The initial H has a small upright curve in the middle of the horizontal stroke, and the VV is peculiarly formed'. Nash-Williams/1950, 76: `Capitals, thinly cut, with uncial U (?) and uncial and minuscule E's. Most of the letters have straight serifs. H in l. 1 has a looped cross-bar.[2] For the double v in the last word see No. 281. [2] This is a characteristic medieval form, though found exceptionally at an earlier period'. |
| Legibility: | some Macalister/1945, 323: `though slightly flaked, on the whole in good condition'. |
| Lines: | 2 |
| Carving errors: | n |
| Doubtful: | no |
See Searle/1897, 426--427, for similar Anglo-Saxon names such as Siward and Siweard.