WRHAM/4

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

References


Inscriptions


WRHAM/4/1     Pictures

Readings

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

Notes

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

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