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Knight, Jeremy K., “An inscription from Bavai and the fifth-century Christian epigraphy of Britain”, Britannia 41 (2010): 283–292.

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“An inscription from Bavai and the fifth-century Christian epigraphy of Britain”
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Britannia 41 (2010)
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41
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283–292
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The consular dated memorial of a military accountant (scrinarius) of A.D. 404 with a chi-rho monogram from Bavai (France, Nord), previously thought to be a forgery, is reconsidered. Geographically close to Britain and well-dated, it is relevant to the origins of post-Roman Insular epigraphy and to the possibility of recognising specifically Christian tombstones in Roman Britain. The Insular series derives from a late antique tradition introduced to Britain via the Christian Church at an uncertain date. There is little sign of continuity with claimed Romano-British Christian tombstones, but an early phase of the Insular series can be recognised. Literacy and perhaps the ‘epigraphic habit’ survived in other media.
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C. A., Dennis Groenewegen
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