The Celtic Inscriptions of Britain
Phonology and Chronology, c. 400-1200
Publications of the Philological Society
1. Edition December 2002
478 Pages, Softcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
ISBN:
978-1-4051-0903-1
John Wiley & Sons
This is the first comprehensive linguistic study for 50 years of
the stones from western Britain and Brittany, inscribed in the
Roman and Irish Ogam alphabets.
* * First comprehensive study for 50 years of the stones from
western Britain and Brittany, inscribed in the Roman and Irish Ogam
alphabets.
* Provides a linguistic analysis of the 370 Brittonic and Irish
inscriptions.
* Presents new phonological evidence for the dating of the
inscriptions.
List of Tables and Figures.
Preface.
Part I: Introduction.
Part II: British Phonology (1-98).
Part III: British Chronology.
Part IV: Irish Phonology (1-43).
Part V: Irish Chronology.
Part VI: Conclusion and List of Proposed Dates.
Preface.
Part I: Introduction.
Part II: British Phonology (1-98).
Part III: British Chronology.
Part IV: Irish Phonology (1-43).
Part V: Irish Chronology.
Part VI: Conclusion and List of Proposed Dates.
"[Sims-Williams's] concern is to give due weight to all the
possibilities rather than to rush into one attractive
interpretation. This will make the book extremely valuable as a
restraining influence on the rasher tendencies of other scholars.
The Celtic Inscriptions of Britain is a major achievement in
Celtic historical linguistics and will be an indispensible work of
reference for many years to come."
Antiquity
"(Celtic Inscriptions of Britain) represents an
invaluable contribution to its field."
Cumbrian Medieval Celtic Studies
possibilities rather than to rush into one attractive
interpretation. This will make the book extremely valuable as a
restraining influence on the rasher tendencies of other scholars.
The Celtic Inscriptions of Britain is a major achievement in
Celtic historical linguistics and will be an indispensible work of
reference for many years to come."
Antiquity
"(Celtic Inscriptions of Britain) represents an
invaluable contribution to its field."
Cumbrian Medieval Celtic Studies
Patrick Sims-Williams is Professor of Celtic Studies at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth. He is the author of 'Religion and Literature in Western England, 600-800' (1990) and 'Britain and Early Christian Europe' (1995). He is also the co-editor of 'Ptolemy: Towards a Linguistic Atlas of the Earliest Celtic Place-Names of Europe' (2000), and the editor of Cambrian Medieval Celtic Studies.
