Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1949:1064 |
Site: | WRHAM |
Discovery: | in/on structure, 1840 workmen |
History: | Stone found built into the old nave during the demolition of 1840. |
Geology: | |
Dimensions: | 0.0 x 0.27 x 0.0 (converted from Macalister/1949) |
Setting: | unattch |
Location: | on site RCHAME/1970, 308: `In N. aisle, lying loose'. |
Form: | architectural fragment Macalister/1949, 189: `a section of the shaft of a small column'. RCHAME/1970, 308: `damaged drum of a column about 11 ins. in diameter and imperfect at each end'. |
Condition: | incomplete , some RCHAME/1970, 308: `damaged drum'. |
Folklore: | none |
Crosses: | none |
Decorations: | no other decoration |
Macalister, R.A.S. (1949): | ENIEL:F[-- || AUPRIT:I[-- Expansion: ENIEL F[--] AUPRIT I[--] Macalister/1945 189, Plate LXIII reading only |
RCAHME (1970): | --]ENIEL:F/I[-- | --]UPRIT:IA[CET][-- Expansion: [D]ENIEL FI[LIUS] [A]UPRIT IA[CIT] RCAHME/1970 312 concise discussion |
Orientation: | Indeterminate |
Position: | W ; shaft ; n/a ; undecorated RCAHME/1970, 308: `cut along the damaged drum of a column'. |
Incision: | inc |
Date: | 700 - 799 (RCAHME/1970) RCAHME/1970, 312: `8th-century, perhaps rather late'. |
Language: | Incomplete Information (rbook) |
Ling. Notes: | none |
Palaeography: | Macalister/1949, 189: `The lettering...has ornamental serifs'. RCAHME/1970, 312: `The letters, which are straggling and disparate, shew a mixture of Roman capitals and Insular forms. There is no trace of the initial D. Two forms of capital E are used in the first name. The last surviving letter in the first line is probably FI ligatured, as the end of the cross bar is beginning to drop; the upright of the F projects above the looped upper bar. The first mark in the second line is the tail of an oblique stroke; it is difficult to explain this except as the end of an uncial A, a form used occasionally in Insular Majuscule MSS., or an Insular R together with the more normal letter. The beginning of an A can also be distinguished at the end of this line, much disguised by the surface abrasion of the stone. Forked serifs occur on a number of letters, but there is no consistent use of them. The words are separated by stops (cf. No. iii [WRHAM/3/1])'. |
Legibility: | some Macalister/1949, 189: `imperfect: what remains is in good condition'. RCAHME/1970, 308: `imperfect at each end'. |
Lines: | 2 |
Carving errors: | 0 |
Doubtful: | no |