| Corpus Refs: | Nash-Williams/1950:392 RCAHMW/1925:1029 |
| Site: | SEDRN |
| Discovery: | first mentioned, 1883 Allen, J.R. |
| History: | Allen/1883, 262: `at the foot of the tower of the church'. Allen/1896, 293: `Formerly lying in the churchyard at foot of tower, and now fixed inside church against wall'. |
| Geology: | |
| Dimensions: | 0.6 x 0.24 x 0.11 (converted from Nash-Williams/1950) |
| Setting: | in struct |
| Location: | on site Nash-Williams/1950, 215: `Built into church in internal N. wall of chancel'. |
| Form: | cross-marked Allen/1883, 263--264: `No. 3 is a rectangular slab, 1 foot 8 inches long by 10 inches wide, and 4 inches thick...The back of the slab is smooth, slightly rounded, and has no carving upon it'. Allen/1896, 303: `Sepulchral cross-slab'. RCAHMW/1925, 367: `A plain rectangular slab, 23 inches by 10 inches'. Macalister/1945, 428: `A slab 1' 11" x 0' 10"'. Nash-Williams/1950, 215: `Small shaped round-ended (?) cross-slab...23 1/2" h. x 9 1/2" w. x 4 1/2" t...The stone belongs to the group of `Monogram' slabs, represented at St. Edrens by two other stones (Nos. 393-4) and elsewhere at St. Davids (Nos. 380-1) and in Herefordshire (No. 410). See No. 380'. |
| Condition: | complete , some RCAHMW/1925, 367: `much weathered'. Nash-Williams/1950, 215: `top partly fractured away'. |
| Folklore: | none |
| Crosses: | 1: latin; outline; straight; plain; plain; none; none; none; plain |
| Decorations: | Allen/1883, 26: `Upon its upper surface is a plain Latin cross with unequal limbs sculptured in relief'. RCAHMW/1925, 367: `a plain Latin cross in relief, and in the upper angles of the cross arms are inscribed...the lower angles have...letters...[extending] down each side of the limb, whilst the remainder of the space is occupied by plain panels'. Macalister/1945, 428: `plain Latin cross in relief'. Nash-Williams/1950, 215: `The face bears a plain outline Latin cross, carved in high relief and edged with a lightly incised profile-line, with the pairs of sacred monograms in the upper and lower spaces...Below the monograms are two unequal incised vertical panels filling the remainder of the field on either side of the central cross'. |
| Nash-Williams, V.E. (1950): | {A} || {W~} || ||| {X~P~C~} || | {IHC} Expansion: alpha omega XPC IHC Translation: (The cross of) Alpha (and) Omega. Jesus Christ. Macalister/1945 428 reading only Nash-Williams/1950 215 and fig reading only |
| Orientation: | mixed directions |
| Position: | ind ; broad ; within quadrants ; quadrant Macalister/1945, 428: `In the upper cantons are {A} and {W} reading across. In the lower, IHC--XPC reading downward'. Nash-Williams/1950, 215: `The face bears a plain outline Latin cross...with the pairs of sacred monograms in the upper and lower spaces, reading horizontally and vertically downwards respectively'. |
| Incision: | inc |
| Date: | 900 - 1099 (Nash-Williams/1950) |
| Language: | Greek (greek) |
| Ling. Notes: | RomillyAllen/1883, 264--265: `The letters Alpha and Omega are of common occurence on sepulchral inscriptions in the Catacombs of Rome and elsewhere, being often combined, in various ways, with the monogram formed out of the Greek letters XPI (Christi). They appear also on two slabs of Saxon date, found at Hartlepool, Durham. The letters XPC (Christus) are to be seen on the Gurmarc Stone at Pen Arthur, near St. David's'. |
| Palaeography: | Nash-Williams/1950, 215: `Capitals, with half-uncial P [rho] and X [chi]. A [alpha] has a long top-bar and angular cross-bar. {W} [omega] is conjoined by the centre-stroke to a bar above and there is another bar below'. |
| Legibility: | good |
| Lines: | 3 |
| Carving errors: | 0 |
| Doubtful: | no |