A Corpus of Medieval Inscribed Stones and Stone Sculpture in Wales Vol. 2 : South-West Wales book PDF, DJV
9780708319635 English 0708319637 An analysis of ancient Welsh inscribed stones, crosses, and sculptures, dating from the end of the Roman period to the arrival of the Normans in southwest Wales, provides this illustrated study with complex archaeological and historical evidence about Irish settlement, the development of the Welsh kingdoms, the Viking impact, the evolution of the church, and patterns of cultural, linguistic, and artistic contacts during this period. The study describes the individual the monuments and discusses their locations, functions, inscriptions, languages, geology, and dating., Inscribed stones and stone sculpture form the most prolific body of material evidence from early medieval Wales, c. AD 400 1100. Crucial to our understanding of the region s degree of continuity with the preceding Roman culture, Irish settlement, and the development of the early Welsh kingdoms, these Latin or Old Irish inscribed memorial stones instruct us on the language, literacy, and development of the church, among other areas. These two volumes allow us to identify a range of early medieval ecclesiastical sites within a wider landscape and the trace the church s patronage by the secular elite. Accompanied by more than 170 line drawings and elaborate illustrations, this corpus provides fresh new studies of these aspects, revised interpretations of the stones, and many previously unpublished and newly discovered examples.", Inscribed stones and stone sculpture forms the most prolific body of material evidence which survives for Wales in the period c AD 400-1100. Stones inscribed in Latin or Old Irish ogam (or both), which date to the fifth to seventh centuries, commemorate the elite of Welsh society. They are crucial to understanding the degree of Roman continuity, the impact of Irish settlement and the development of both the early kingdoms and Christianity in Wales. The inscriptions on these and the later sculpture are a major source for the Latin, Welsh and Irish languages and early medieval literacy. The cross-carved stones, which probably begin in the seventh century, and the larger freestanding crosses and other monuments, which are mostly of ninth- to eleventh-century date, allow us to identify a range of early medieval ecclesiastical sites within a wider landscape and trace the patronage of the church by the secular elite. The ornament, iconography and inscriptions allow a study of the impact and interchange of cultural contacts with Ireland, the Irish Sea zone, Anglo-Saxon England, the Vikings and the Continent., Llyfr llawn lluniau sy'n edrych ar arysgrifau ar feini canoloesol Cymreig; mae'r meini hyn yn coff�u bonedd y cyfnod ac maent yn hanfodol bwysig i'n dealltwriaeth o'r gwaddol Rhufeinig, yr ymsefydlwyr o Iwerddon a datblygiad yr eglwys; dyry agweddau ffres ar hen drafodaethau, a dehongliadau newydd ar yr arysgrifau; cynhwysir ffotograffau a brasluniau.
9780708319635 English 0708319637 An analysis of ancient Welsh inscribed stones, crosses, and sculptures, dating from the end of the Roman period to the arrival of the Normans in southwest Wales, provides this illustrated study with complex archaeological and historical evidence about Irish settlement, the development of the Welsh kingdoms, the Viking impact, the evolution of the church, and patterns of cultural, linguistic, and artistic contacts during this period. The study describes the individual the monuments and discusses their locations, functions, inscriptions, languages, geology, and dating., Inscribed stones and stone sculpture form the most prolific body of material evidence from early medieval Wales, c. AD 400 1100. Crucial to our understanding of the region s degree of continuity with the preceding Roman culture, Irish settlement, and the development of the early Welsh kingdoms, these Latin or Old Irish inscribed memorial stones instruct us on the language, literacy, and development of the church, among other areas. These two volumes allow us to identify a range of early medieval ecclesiastical sites within a wider landscape and the trace the church s patronage by the secular elite. Accompanied by more than 170 line drawings and elaborate illustrations, this corpus provides fresh new studies of these aspects, revised interpretations of the stones, and many previously unpublished and newly discovered examples.", Inscribed stones and stone sculpture forms the most prolific body of material evidence which survives for Wales in the period c AD 400-1100. Stones inscribed in Latin or Old Irish ogam (or both), which date to the fifth to seventh centuries, commemorate the elite of Welsh society. They are crucial to understanding the degree of Roman continuity, the impact of Irish settlement and the development of both the early kingdoms and Christianity in Wales. The inscriptions on these and the later sculpture are a major source for the Latin, Welsh and Irish languages and early medieval literacy. The cross-carved stones, which probably begin in the seventh century, and the larger freestanding crosses and other monuments, which are mostly of ninth- to eleventh-century date, allow us to identify a range of early medieval ecclesiastical sites within a wider landscape and trace the patronage of the church by the secular elite. The ornament, iconography and inscriptions allow a study of the impact and interchange of cultural contacts with Ireland, the Irish Sea zone, Anglo-Saxon England, the Vikings and the Continent., Llyfr llawn lluniau sy'n edrych ar arysgrifau ar feini canoloesol Cymreig; mae'r meini hyn yn coff�u bonedd y cyfnod ac maent yn hanfodol bwysig i'n dealltwriaeth o'r gwaddol Rhufeinig, yr ymsefydlwyr o Iwerddon a datblygiad yr eglwys; dyry agweddau ffres ar hen drafodaethau, a dehongliadau newydd ar yr arysgrifau; cynhwysir ffotograffau a brasluniau.