A Corpus of Early Medieval Inscribed Stones And Stone Sculpture in Wales: Glamorgan, Brecknockshire, Monmouthshire, Radnorshire And Geographically Contiguous Areas of Herefordshire And Shropshire - Couverture rigide

Lewis, John M; Redknap, Mark

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0708319564 ISBN 13 : 9780708319567

Editeur : University of Wales Press, 2007

Synopsis

Inscribed stones and stone sculpture form the most prolific body of material evidence which survives for early medieval Wales, c. AD 400 1100. The inscribed memorial stones in Latin or Old Irish ogam (or both) during the fifth and sixth centuries commemorate the elite of Welsh society at this time, and are crucial to our understanding of the degree of continuity with preceding Roman culture, Irish settlement and the development of the early Welsh kingdoms, as well as language, literacy and the development of the church. The inscribed stones are a main source for the Latin, Welsh and Irish languages in post-Roman Wales. The cross-carved stones and larger freestanding crosses 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 stones also provide evidence for the impact of external cultural contacts from Ireland, the Irish Sea zone and Anglo-Saxon England. This well-illustrated corpus provides fresh new studies of these aspects, revised interpretations of stones, and many previously unpublished newly discovered examples.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Mark Redknap is the Curator of Medieval and Later Archaeology in the Department of Archaeology & Numismatics at the National Museum and Gallery of Wales, Cardiff. John M. Lewis was formerly Assistant Keeper in the Department of Archaeology and Numismatics at the National Museum and Gallery of Wales, Cardiff.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of Wales Press
• Date d'édition: 2007
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0708319564
• ISBN 13: 9780708319567
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 432
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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