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Inscription on the threshold-stone of the South Door of the Parochial Church of Lustleigh near Moreton in the County of Devon

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MS. Bodl. rolls 4
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'Inscription on the threshold-stone of the South Door of the Parochial Church of Lustleigh near Moreton in the County of Devon.' The inscription runs: 'Dxxtuidoc | conihnoc', and is reproduced in would-be facsimile.

[Note by E.W.B.N.: I take the second and third letters to represent the et ligature (&), and the stone to be a boundary-stone or tombstone of Dettuidoc [son] of Conhinoc. This part of Devon was not conquered by the Saxons till after 925, but the inscription looks to be not later than the 9th cent. and to be possibly of the 8th.]

Dates

  • Creation: Written in the middle of the 18th century

Extent

1 box

Language of Materials

  • Cornish

Preferred Citation

Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. Bodl. rolls 4]

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Shelfmark:

MS. Bodl. rolls 4

Collection ID (for staff)

CMD ID 18490

Abstract

'Inscription on the threshold-stone of the South Door of the Parochial Church of Lustleigh near Moreton in the County of Devon,' written in the middle of the 18th century.

Biographical / Historical

Biographical details unknown.

Other Finding Aids

Falconer Madan, et al., A summary catalogue of western manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford which have not hitherto been catalogued in the Quarto series (7 vols. in 8 [vol. II in 2 parts], Oxford, 1895-1953; reprinted, with corrections in vols. I and VII, Munich, 1980), vol. V, no. 27866.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Presented in 1757 by the rev. -- Walker, vicar of Christow near Moreton Hampstead in Devonshire.

Bibliography

  • The same inscription is facsimiled in Lysons's Magna Britannia, VI. cccix, and thence in Hübner's Insc. Brit. Christ., p. 11.

Physical Facet

On a parchment roll

Dimensions

3 ft. 11 3/8 in. × 16 5/8 in. in a cloth box 19 1/4 × 1 7/8 × 1 7/8 in.

Title
Inscription on the threshold-stone of the South Door of the Parochial Church of Lustleigh near Moreton in the County of Devon
Status
Published
Date
EAD version 2020 by Pauline Soum-Paris
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository

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