- Title Pages
- Proceedings of the British Academy · 157
- Illustrations
- Notes on Contributors
- Preface
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1 The Irish Role in the Origins of the Old English Alphabet: A Re-assessment -
2 An Insular Tradition of Ecclesiastical Law: Fifth to Eighth Century -
3 Bede’s Chronica Maiora: Early Insular History in a Universal Context -
4 Rome and the Isles: Ireland, England and the Rhetoric of Orthodoxy -
5 ‘Ye Shall Know Them by Their Names’: Names and Identity among the Irish and the English -
6 Trouble at the White House: Anglo-Irish Relations and the Cult of St Martin -
7 The Practicalities of Communication between Northumbrian and Irish Churches, c.635–735 -
8 Behind Animals, Plants and Interlace: Salin’s Style II on Christian Objects -
9 Anglo-Saxon, Irish and British Relations: Hanging-Bowls Reconsidered -
10 The Anglo-Saxon Connection: Irish Metalwork, AD 400–800 -
11 Anglo-Saxon/Gaelic Interaction in Scotland -
12 Sand-dunes and Stray Finds: Evidence for Pre-Viking Trade? -
13 Glitter in the Dragon’s Lair: Irish and Anglo-Saxon Metalwork from Pre-Viking Wales, c.400–850 -
14 Stylistic Influences in Early Manx Sculpture -
15 Cemetery Settlements and Local Churches in Pre-Viking Ireland in Light of Comparisons with England and Wales -
16 ‘All that Peter Stands For’: The Romanitas of the Codex Amiatinus Reconsidered -
17 Studying Early Christian Sculpture in England and Ireland: The Object of Art History or Archaeology? -
18 Of Saxons, a Viking and Normans: Colmán, Gerald and the Monastery of Mayo - Abstracts
- Index
The Irish Role in the Origins of the Old English Alphabet: A Re-assessment
The Irish Role in the Origins of the Old English Alphabet: A Re-assessment
- Chapter:
- (p.2) (p.3) 1 The Irish Role in the Origins of the Old English Alphabet: A Re-assessment
- Source:
- Anglo-Saxon/Irish Relations before the Vikings
- Author(s):
Patrick P. O’Neill
- Publisher:
- British Academy
This chapter re-examines the role of the Irish in the origins of the Old English alphabet. There are many theories about the Old English alphabet's origins. These include those contained in Karl Luick's Historische Grammatik and E. Sievers and K. Brunner's Altenglische Grammatik, which both offered the view that the model for the Old English alphabet was the Latin alphabet. But the first work to cover Old English orthography was Alistair Campbell's Old English Grammar, which rejected the notion that the Latin alphabet which underlay the Old English alphabet was the one taught by the Irish.
Keywords: Old English alphabet, Irish, Karl Luick, Historische Grammatik, E. Sievers, K. Brunner, Altenglische Grammatik, Alistair Campbell, Old English Grammar, Latin alphabet
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- Title Pages
- Proceedings of the British Academy · 157
- Illustrations
- Notes on Contributors
- Preface
-
1 The Irish Role in the Origins of the Old English Alphabet: A Re-assessment -
2 An Insular Tradition of Ecclesiastical Law: Fifth to Eighth Century -
3 Bede’s Chronica Maiora: Early Insular History in a Universal Context -
4 Rome and the Isles: Ireland, England and the Rhetoric of Orthodoxy -
5 ‘Ye Shall Know Them by Their Names’: Names and Identity among the Irish and the English -
6 Trouble at the White House: Anglo-Irish Relations and the Cult of St Martin -
7 The Practicalities of Communication between Northumbrian and Irish Churches, c.635–735 -
8 Behind Animals, Plants and Interlace: Salin’s Style II on Christian Objects -
9 Anglo-Saxon, Irish and British Relations: Hanging-Bowls Reconsidered -
10 The Anglo-Saxon Connection: Irish Metalwork, AD 400–800 -
11 Anglo-Saxon/Gaelic Interaction in Scotland -
12 Sand-dunes and Stray Finds: Evidence for Pre-Viking Trade? -
13 Glitter in the Dragon’s Lair: Irish and Anglo-Saxon Metalwork from Pre-Viking Wales, c.400–850 -
14 Stylistic Influences in Early Manx Sculpture -
15 Cemetery Settlements and Local Churches in Pre-Viking Ireland in Light of Comparisons with England and Wales -
16 ‘All that Peter Stands For’: The Romanitas of the Codex Amiatinus Reconsidered -
17 Studying Early Christian Sculpture in England and Ireland: The Object of Art History or Archaeology? -
18 Of Saxons, a Viking and Normans: Colmán, Gerald and the Monastery of Mayo - Abstracts
- Index
