The Celtic Inscriptions of Britain: Phonology and Chronology, c. 400-1200 Publications of the Philological Society

Author	Patrick Sims-Williams
Format	Paperback
ISBN	9781405109031
Publisher	Wiley-blackwell
Manufacturer	Wiley-blackwell

This article is a linguistic study of inscriptions from western Britain and Brittany written in the Roman and Irish Ogam alphabets. The study provides a linguistic analysis of 370 Brittonic and Irish inscriptions, and presents new phonological evidence for the dating of the inscriptions.

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.