Bibliography
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Griffiths, Alan, “Rune-names: the Irish connexion”, in: Marie Stoklund, Michael Lerche Nielsen, Bente Holmberg, and Gillian Fellows-Jensen (eds), Runes and their secrets: studies in runology: proceedings of the Fifth International Symposium on Runes and Runic Inscriptions, Jelling, 2000, Copenhagen: Museum Tusculanum Press, 2006. 83–116.
Higham, Nicholas J., “The Cross in Cambro-Latin historical writing in the ninth and tenth centuries”, in: Catherine E. Karkov, Sarah Larratt Keefer, and Karen Louise Jolly (eds), The place of the Cross in Anglo-Saxon England, 4, Woodbridge, Suffolk, Rochester, New York: Boydell Press, 2006. 158–164.
Okasha, Elisabeth, “The history of the early Christian inscribed stones from Lismore, Co. Waterford”, in: Marion Meek (ed.), The modern traveller to our past: Festschrift in honour of Ann Hamlin, DPK, 2006. 112–120.
McKee, Helen, and James McKee, “Chance or design? David Howlett’s Insular inscriptions and the problem of coincidence”, Cambrian Medieval Celtic Studies 51 (Summer, 2006): 83–101.
de Bernardo Stempel, Patrizia, and Manfred Hainzmann, “Das ÖAW-Projekt Fontes epigraphici religionum Celticarum antiquarum (F.E.R.C.AN.): erste Gesamtergebnisse”, Keltische Forschungen 1 (2006): 17–28.
Ní Chatháin, Próinséas, “MAQQI-TRENI: Oghams in Wales and an Irish placename, Ros Mhic Treoin”, in: Marion Meek (ed.), The modern traveller to our past: Festschrift in honour of Ann Hamlin, DPK, 2006. 84–87.
Charles-Edwards, Gifford, “The origin and development of insular geometric letters”, PhD thesis, University of Wales, Bangor, 2006.
Stoklund, Marie, Michael Lerche Nielsen, Bente Holmberg, and Gillian Fellows-Jensen (eds), Runes and their secrets: studies in runology: proceedings of the Fifth International Symposium on Runes and Runic Inscriptions, Jelling, 2000, Copenhagen: Museum Tusculanum Press, 2006.
Woudhuizen, Fred C., “Further evidence on the relation between Celtiberian and Southwest Iberian: the case of the inscription from Sasamón [Supplementum Epigraphicum Mediterraneum 27]”, Talanta: Proceedings of the Dutch Archaeological and Historical Society 36–37 (2004–2005, 2006): 155–164.
Tamantia – PDF: <link>
Morandi, Alessandro, Celti d’Italia, 2 vols, vol. 2: Epigrafia e lingua dei Celti d’Italia, Popoli e civiltà dell'Italia antica, 12.2, Rome: Spazio Tre, 2004.
Zavaroni, Adolfo, “The inscription of the Castaneda Schnabelkanne in the light of the Camunic alphabet”, Ollodagos: actes de la Société Belge d'Études Celtiques 18 (2004): 169–181.
Handley, Mark A., Death, society and culture: inscriptions and epitaphs in Gaul and Spain, AD 300-750, Oxford: Archaeopress, 2003.
abstract:
This volume is concerned with the monumental stone inscriptions from Spain and Gaul during the period from 300 to 750 AD, and therefore the vast majority of these inscriptions are Christian and Latin in origin, with a few Jewish and Greek ones as well. Inscriptions make up the largest body of surviving written material from this period, but this is a relatively ignored area of research. This study attempts to use this large body of evidence in order to better understand the cultural, social and religioushistory of these regions during the period in question. Handley begins by introducing Christian epigraphy and places the relevant Gallic and Spanish material in the context of the Latin West. He also discusses the ideas held about death and funerary inscriptions that were held in this period, and he is interested in the changes that occurred after Christianity became the official religion of the Roman Empire, as well as what happened after the fall of the Empire itself. Methods of the creation of these inscriptions is discussed, and Handley looks at literary sources as well as physical evidence, with the pattern emerging of workshops creating inscriptions from largely pre-prepared stones and written models. The usage of inscriptions is another importantquestion, and the evidence points towards inscriptions being mainly reserved for the higher classes and social élite. Handley also divides up all of the burials that have inscriptions into an analysis of different ages and genders; for example, he discusses the ratios of male to female inscriptions, as well as family commemorations. This enables the study to look at when women or the elderly were most likely to be commemorated with an inscription. Handley also looks at what demographic information these inscriptions can give us, with analysis of aspects such as average life expectancy, marriage age, seasonal fertility and seasonal mortality being collected. A large number of inscriptions also record the actual day of death, and this gives a large amount of information on the pagan names of the days and their continued usage, Christian names of days, as well as information on the use, and later development from, the Roman calendar system. These inscriptions also give information on the cults of saints in Gaul and Spain, and go into detail on the cult of St Martin of Tours, also discussing Spanish evidence for martyr cults, inscriptions in the town of Vienne, as well as pilgrim graffiti from Gaul and Spain. The study goes on to look at literacy levels during this period and discusses how much information these inscriptions can give us to determine this, and also covers other questions that this raises. In his conclusion Handley looks at the end of the practice of epigraphic inscriptions in Gaul and Spain during this period, with changes in commemoration practices, and in society in general, leading to a decline in the amount of inscriptions being made on tombstones. Inscriptions of these kind in the period in question are of importance because the epitaph that was placed on the stone became the 'embodiment' of the deceased and was a focus for mourning. The characteristics of the deceased were placed there on the stone, so the inscription therefore represented the dead. These inscriptions represented the social élite in the way that they wished to appear, and their very presence was a status symbol. This book opens up our eyes to the wealth of information that can be gained from such a large pool of information that these inscriptions represent.
Lambert, Pierre-Yves, “Les inscriptions gallo-grecques parues depuis les Textes gallo-grecs de Michel Lejeune (1985)”, Études Celtiques 35 (2003): 169–179.
Journal volume: Persée – Études Celtiques, vol. 35, 2003: <link>
abstract:
[FR] Bibliographie commentée des inscriptions gallo-grecques qui ont été publiées depuis la publication des Textes gallo-grecs (1985) par Michel Lejeune, au tome premier du Recueil des Inscriptions Gauloises.
[EN] A commented bibliography about Gallo-Greek inscriptions published since the Textes gallo-grecs (1985) of Michel Lejeune, which appeared as the first volume of Recueil des Inscriptions Gauloises.
[EN] A commented bibliography about Gallo-Greek inscriptions published since the Textes gallo-grecs (1985) of Michel Lejeune, which appeared as the first volume of Recueil des Inscriptions Gauloises.
Koch, John T. [tr.], “Two Gaulish religious inscriptions: § 1. The Tablet of Chamalières”, in: John T. Koch, and John Carey (eds), The Celtic Heroic Age. Literary sources for ancient Celtic Europe and early Ireland & Wales, 4th ed., 1, Aberystwyth: Celtic Studies Publications, 2003. 1–3.
Sims-Williams, Patrick, The Celtic inscriptions of Britain: phonology and chronology, c. 400-1200, Publications of the Philological Society,, 37, Oxford, Boston: Blackwell, 2003.
Part I: Introduction; Part II: British phonology; Part III: British chronology; Part IV: Irish phonology; Part V: Irish chronology; Part VI: Conclusion and list of proposed dates; Appendices: 1. Simplified texts of inscriptions; 2. Concordance to ECMW and CICC numbering; 3. Absolute dates in LHEB for sound changes; Abbreviations, bibliography, indexes.
Koch, John T. [tr.], “Two Gaulish religious inscriptions: § 2. The Tablet of Larzac”, in: John T. Koch, and John Carey (eds), The Celtic Heroic Age. Literary sources for ancient Celtic Europe and early Ireland & Wales, 4th ed., 1, Aberystwyth: Celtic Studies Publications, 2003. 3–4.
Jordán Cólera, Carlos, “De ΑΝΔΟΟΥΝΝΑΒΟ, ONNO y VXOVNE”, Études Celtiques 35 (2003): 249–256.
Journal volume: Persée – Études Celtiques, vol. 35, 2003: <link>
abstract:
[FR] À propos de ΑΝΔΟΟΥΝΝΑΒ O, ONNO et VXOVNE.
Les théonymes gaulois Aνδοουνναβο et Vxoune sont probablement des noms de déesses des eaux. Ils ont déjà reçu plusieurs étymologies différentes. L’auteur accepte d’identifier dans le premier nom un préfixe ande- «au-dessous» ; le thème serait non pas *udna = Lat. unda, mais *umna, un nom de la rivière, issu de *ubna et apparenté à l'irl. aub, et au lat. amnis. Le gaulois onno cité dans le glossaire d’Endlicher doit avoir été extrait des noms de rivières en -umna > -onna (Garumna , Vultumna etc.). Enfin Uxoune comporte un préfixe uxe- de *upsi «au-dessus » (Uxoune : datif latin vulgaire).
[EN] About Gaulish ΑΝΔΟΟΥΝΝΑΒΟ, ONNO and VXOVNE.
Gaulish Ανδοουνναβο and Vxoune are the names of (female) water deities. They have already been given several different etymologies. The writer recognizes ando- as an underlying ande- «beneath» ; the base itself would not be *udna = Lat. unda, but *umna, a noun meaning «river», coming from *ubna and related to OIr. aub, and to Lat amnis. Gaulish onno, quoted in Endlicher's Glossary, has certainly be extracted from river names with the ending -umna (later -onna ), cf. Garumna, Vultumna etc. Finally Uxouna is formed with a prefix uxe- from *upsi «above» (Uxouna, dative sg. in Vulgar Latin).
Les théonymes gaulois Aνδοουνναβο et Vxoune sont probablement des noms de déesses des eaux. Ils ont déjà reçu plusieurs étymologies différentes. L’auteur accepte d’identifier dans le premier nom un préfixe ande- «au-dessous» ; le thème serait non pas *udna = Lat. unda, mais *umna, un nom de la rivière, issu de *ubna et apparenté à l'irl. aub, et au lat. amnis. Le gaulois onno cité dans le glossaire d’Endlicher doit avoir été extrait des noms de rivières en -umna > -onna (Garumna , Vultumna etc.). Enfin Uxoune comporte un préfixe uxe- de *upsi «au-dessus » (Uxoune : datif latin vulgaire).
[EN] About Gaulish ΑΝΔΟΟΥΝΝΑΒΟ, ONNO and VXOVNE.
Gaulish Ανδοουνναβο and Vxoune are the names of (female) water deities. They have already been given several different etymologies. The writer recognizes ando- as an underlying ande- «beneath» ; the base itself would not be *udna = Lat. unda, but *umna, a noun meaning «river», coming from *ubna and related to OIr. aub, and to Lat amnis. Gaulish onno, quoted in Endlicher's Glossary, has certainly be extracted from river names with the ending -umna (later -onna ), cf. Garumna, Vultumna etc. Finally Uxouna is formed with a prefix uxe- from *upsi «above» (Uxouna, dative sg. in Vulgar Latin).
Swift, Catherine, “Celts, Romans and the Coligny calendar”, in: Gillian Carr, Ellen Swift, and Jake Weekes (eds), TRAC 2002: proceedings of the Twelfth Annual Theoretical Roman Archaeology Conference, Canterbury 2002, Oxford: Oxbow Books, 2003. 13–27.
Toorians, Lauran, “Magusanus and the ‘Old Lad’: A case of Germanicised Celtic”, NOWELE 42 (March, 2003): 13–28.
de Bernardo Stempel, Patrizia, “Die sprachliche Analyse keltischer Theonyme (‘Fontes Epigraphici Religionis Celticae Antiquae’ = F.E.R.C.A.N.)”, Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie 53 (2003): 41–69.
Howlett, David, “Note: St Ninian’s Isle: the inscription on the chapel”, Peritia 16 (2002): 472–473.
Lambert, Pierre-Yves, Recueil des inscriptions gauloises, fasc. 2.2: Textes gallo-latins sur instrumentum, Suppléments à 'Gallia', 55, Paris: CNRS Éditions, 2002.
Sims-Williams, Patrick, “The five languages of Wales in the pre-Norman inscriptions”, Cambrian Medieval Celtic Studies 44 (Winter, 2002): 1–36.
Charles-Edwards, Gifford, “The Springmount Bog tablets: their implications for insular epigraphy and palaeography”, Studia Celtica 36 (2002): 27–45.
Swift, Catherine, “Ogam stones in Sligo and their context”, in: Martin A. Timoney (ed.), A celebration of Sligo: first essays for Sligo Field Club, Carrick-on-the-Shannon: Sligo Field Club, 2002. 127–139.
Celtic Inscribed Stones Project (CISP), Online: Department of History and Institute of Archaeology, University College London, 2001–present. URL: <https://www.ucl.ac.uk/archaeology/cisp/database>
abstract:
The Celtic Inscribed Stones Project (CISP) has undertaken a collaborative, interdisciplinary study of all non-runic inscriptions on stone from Celtic language-speaking areas from the period c.400-c.1100 AD. One of its main objectives was the compilation of an accessible and comprehensive database of all known inscriptions. Data has been brought together in one place making it into a readily available and useful resource for researchers. New fieldwork was undertaken for the Breton and Channel Islands material by Katherine Forsyth, Kris Lockyear, Mark Handley and Paul Kershaw, of which the full results are available in book form: W. Davies, J. Graham-Campbell, M. Handley, P. Kershaw, J. T. Koch, G. Le Duc, K. Lockyear, The Inscriptions of Early Medieval Brittany, Oakville and Aberystwyth: Celtic Studies Publications, 2000. The Project was a joint project of the Department of History and the Institute of Archaeology, University College London, under the direction of Professor Wendy Davies and Professor James Graham-Campbell. [...]
The database includes every non-Runic inscription raised on a stone monument within Celtic-speaking areas (Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Dumnonia, Brittany and the Isle of Man) in the early middle ages (AD 400-1000). There are over 1,200 such inscriptions. [...] Information on the stones has been broken down into three main types - SITE, STONE, and INSCRIPTION. [...]
The database includes every non-Runic inscription raised on a stone monument within Celtic-speaking areas (Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Dumnonia, Brittany and the Isle of Man) in the early middle ages (AD 400-1000). There are over 1,200 such inscriptions. [...] Information on the stones has been broken down into three main types - SITE, STONE, and INSCRIPTION. [...]
Tedeschi, Carlo, “Some observations on the palaeography of Early-Christian inscriptions in Britain”, in: John Higgitt, Katherine Forsyth, and David N. Parsons (eds), Roman, runes and ogham: medieval inscriptions in the Insular world and on the Continent, Donington: Shaun Tyas, 2001. 16–25.
Harvey, Anthony, “Problems in dating the origin of the Ogham script”, in: John Higgitt, Katherine Forsyth, and David N. Parsons (eds), Roman, runes and ogham: medieval inscriptions in the Insular world and on the Continent, Donington: Shaun Tyas, 2001. 37–50.
Knight, Jeremy K., “Basilicas and barrows: the Latin memorial stones of Wales and their archaeological contexts”, in: John Higgitt, Katherine Forsyth, and David N. Parsons (eds), Roman, runes and ogham: medieval inscriptions in the Insular world and on the Continent, Donington: Shaun Tyas, 2001. 8–15.
Stifter, David, “Neues vom Keltiberischen: Notizen zu Botorrita IV”, Die Sprache 38:3 (1996, 2001): 91–112.
Gippert, Jost, “A new edition of the Ogham inscriptions: the advantages and limitations of computers”, in: John Higgitt, Katherine Forsyth, and David N. Parsons (eds), Roman, runes and ogham: medieval inscriptions in the Insular world and on the Continent, Donington: Shaun Tyas, 2001. 66–78.
Handley, Mark A., “Isidore of Seville and ‘Hisperic Latin’ in early medieval Wales: the epigraphic culture of Llanllyr and Llanddewi-brefi”, in: John Higgitt, Katherine Forsyth, and David N. Parsons (eds), Roman, runes and ogham: medieval inscriptions in the Insular world and on the Continent, Donington: Shaun Tyas, 2001. 26–36.
Hainzmann, Manfred, “The F.E.R.C.A.N. project: Fontes epigraphici religionis Celticae antiquae”, Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie 52 (2001): 211–218.
Olmsted, Garrett S., A definitive reconstructed text of the Coligny Calendar, Journal of Indo-European Studies Monograph, 39, Washington, D.C.: Institute for the Study of Man, 2001.
Hamlin, Ann, “Some little-known Ulster inscriptions”, in: John Higgitt, Katherine Forsyth, and David N. Parsons (eds), Roman, runes and ogham: medieval inscriptions in the Insular world and on the Continent, Donington: Shaun Tyas, 2001. 51–65.
Barnes, Michael P., “Aspects of the Scandinavian runes of the British Isles”, in: John Higgitt, Katherine Forsyth, and David N. Parsons (eds), Roman, runes and ogham: medieval inscriptions in the Insular world and on the Continent, Donington: Shaun Tyas, 2001. 103–111.
Okasha, Elisabeth, and Katherine Forsyth, Early Christian inscriptions of Munster: a corpus of the inscribed stones, Cork: Cork University Press, 2001.
Edwards, Nancy, “Early-medieval inscribed stones and stone sculpture in Wales: context and function”, Journal of Medieval Archaeology 45:1 (2001): 15–39.
abstract:
Antiquaria, archaeological, topographical and place-name evidence may be used to piece together the original contexts of a significant number of early-medieval inscribed and sculptured stones in Wales and throw valuable light on their functions and on the origins and development of church sites. The differing locations of early inscribed stones are examined, including associations with prehistoric and Roman monuments as well as with cemeteries and churches, and regional differences are noted. It is suggested that, although their primary function was commemorative, some monuments also acted as symbols of landowning by secular elites. Cross-decorated stones originating c. A.D. 600 mark a change to largely anonymous grave-markers mainly associated with cemeteries and local churches, while some others are indicative of landowning by the church. Crosses and cross-slabs of the 9th to 11th centuries are clustered in and around major monasteries and regional churches. Some record the donation of land to the church while the Pillar of Eliseg functioned as a symbol of secular entitlement to land.
Jufer, Nicole, and Thierry Luginbühl, Les dieux gaulois: répertoire des noms des divinités celtiques connus par l’épigraphie, les textes antiques et la toponymie, Paris: Errance, 2001.
Higgitt, John, Katherine Forsyth, and David N. Parsons (eds), Roman, runes and ogham: medieval inscriptions in the Insular world and on the Continent, Donington: Shaun Tyas, 2001.
Koch, Walter, “Insular influences in the inscriptions on the continent”, in: John Higgitt, Katherine Forsyth, and David N. Parsons (eds), Roman, runes and ogham: medieval inscriptions in the Insular world and on the Continent, Donington: Shaun Tyas, 2001. 148–157.
Devane, Caitríona, “An ogam-inscribed stone in Ballintaggart”, Peritia 15 (2001): 369–372.
abstract:
A report on an unrecorded ogam inscription at Ballintaggart, parish of Garfinny, near Dingle, Co Kerry, together with a review of nineteenth-century antiquarian observations on the site and its ogam stones. There is evidence that this is an early medieval ecclesiastical site.
Fulford, Michael, Mark Handley, and Amanda Clarke, “An early date for Ogham: the Silchester ogham stone rehabilitated”, Medieval Archaeology 44 (2000): 1–23.
abstract:
In the light of dating evidence recovered from new excavation in and around the original findspot, the context, date and provenance of the baluster column with an inscription in ogham, which was recovered in 1893 during the excavations of the Roman town at Silchester, Hampshire, are reconsidered.
Woudhuizen, Fred C., “The Celtic nature of the Southwest Iberian inscriptions [Supplementum Epigraphicum Mediterraneum 24]”, Talanta: Proceedings of the Dutch Archaeological and Historical Society 30–31 (1998–1999, 2000): 159–174.
Tamantia – PDF: <link>
Davies, Wendy, James Graham-Campbell, Mark Handley, Paul Kershaw, John T. Koch, and Gwenaël Le Duc (eds), The inscriptions of early medieval Brittany / Les inscriptions de la Bretagne du Haut Moyen Âge, Celtic Studies Publications, 5, Oakville, Connecticut: Celtic Studies Publications, 2000.
McNamara, Martin, “Psalter text and Psalter study in the early Irish Church (A.D. 600-1200)”, in: Martin McNamara, The Psalms in the early Irish Church, 165, Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 2000. 19–142.
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Epigraphische Datenbank Heidelberg / Epigraphic database Heidelberg, Online, 1999–present. URL: <https://edh-www.adw.uni-heidelberg.de>
abstract:
The Epigraphic Database Heidelberg contains the texts of Latin and bilingual (i.e. Latin-Greek) inscriptions of the Roman Empire. The epigraphic monuments are collected and kept up to date on the basis of modern research. With the help of search functions specific queries can be carried out - e.g. a search for words in inscriptions and / or particular descriptive data. The search results are often displayed together with photos and drawings. The geographic focus is provided by the provinces of the Roman Empire. The total number of records rises continuously. The Research Project is made up of four constituent databases: Epigraphic Text Database; Photographic Database; Bibliographic Database; Geographic Database.
