MAWGAN CROSS, MENEAGE. 283 



The two words " Cnegumi fill " are written on the stone 

 continuously, i.e., without any space between them. 



*' Genaius " in the next line is well and 

 evenly cut. (As accounted for above, Dr. Borlase incorrectly 

 read it "Enans.") 



Of all the letters, the least distinct are those commencing 

 each line ; viz : the C and the G. 



The inscription measures 3 feet 1 inch in length by 1 foot 

 2 inches in breadth, the tallest of the letters being 7| inches 

 high. The characters are like others which we meet with on 

 old memorials of this class. They bear a great resemblance to 

 those on the stone*' already mentioned (as containing a similar 

 grammatical difficuli^),at St. Michael's, Cwmdu, Brecknockshire. 



As displayed on these lithic relics, the peculiar forms of g 

 and m were well-known for many centuries in Latin, Erse and 

 Anglo-Saxon records. 



The style of the writing on Mawgan Cross agrees with that 

 of the 6th century manuscripts. 



The letters are the same as were in use in St. Augustine's 

 time. With slight variations they prevailed also during the two 

 succeeding centuries. 



Allowing for the " literfe ligatte," this inscribed cross at 

 Mawgan may be regarded as datingf from the 6th or 7th century. 

 It is therefore about twelve or thirteen hundred years old. 



The illustration which accompanies this account I have 

 drawn from sketches and rubbings which I made on the spot in 

 the beginning of the present year, for, having been unable to 

 visit Mawgan with the Members of the Royal Institution last 

 Autumn, I inspected the stone subsequently, viz : on January 

 30th, and February 19th, 1885.— (See Plate%*) 



I found the grey granite weatherworn and somewhat 

 disintegrated on the surface, especially towards the upper part 

 of the sliaft. The letters are dim, but can be seen when the 

 light is favorable. They can be felt, and in the rubbings 



*Hiibner, No. 35, p. 15. 



fSee Astle, ou '"The liistory and progress of writing, " Tables 8, 14, 15, 18 

 see also Borlase's "' Antiquities of Coi'uwall," pjige 359, and Plate 30, tig. 5. 



