Padel, Oliver James

2015-01-14T11:06:14Z

2015-01-14T11:06:14Z

1972

The Pictish ogham inscriptions as a group; the ogham alphabet borrowed from the Irish; differences from the Irish ogham inscriptions; the dates of the inscriptions: orthographic, art-historical and archaeological evidence. Circular oghams and their parallels. The purpose of the inscriptions. An account of unusual letter-forms occurring in the Pictish ogham inscriptions, and their parallels in Irish inscriptions. Carving styles and their implications for dating. The contents of the inscriptions: spellings, recognisable words and names; the possible meanings of the inscriptions. The language of the Picts. A detailed account of the Pictish ogham inscriptions, listed in alphabetical order of their sites, with diagrams and photographs. Previous important readings are quoted and a reading suggested in each case. A full bibliography is given for each stone. The inscriptions in Roman letters from Pictland are included as an appendix.

http://hdl.handle.net/1842/9863

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The University of Edinburgh

Inscriptions, Pictish

Ogham alphabet

Picts

Inscriptions of Pictland

Thesis or Dissertation

Doctoral

MLitt Master of Letters