Cerrig Arysgrifenedig yr Oesoedd Canol Cynnar yng Nghymru: Cyd-destunau, Cysylltiadau a Hunaniaethau gan Nancy Edwards
Yn y sgwrs hon fe ganolbwyntir ar gerrig coffa arysgrifenedig o’r bumed ganrif, y chweched ganrif a’r seithfed ganrif gynnar. Mae’r rhain i’w cael mewn gwahanol rannau o Gymru a rhai rhannau eraill o Brydain, ac yn Iwerddon. Maen nhw wedi’u harysgrifennu yn Lladin ac weithiau yn yr wyddor ogam Wyddeleg ac maen nhw’n nodi beddau dynion a rhai menywod. Ystyrir yr amrywiol gyd-destunau tirweddol lle mae’r cerrig i’w cael, yr hyn y gall yr arysgrifau eu dweud wrthym am gysylltiadau ag Iwerddon a’r Cyfandir, a’r hyn a ddatgelant am hunaniaethau newidiol - Rhufeinig, Gwyddelig a Brythonig - yn y cyfnod ôl-Rufeinig, yn ogystal â throedigaeth i Gristnogaeth.
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Early Medieval Inscribed Stones in Wales: Contexts, Connections and Identities by Nancy Edwards
This talk will focus on inscribed memorial stones dating to the fifth, sixth and earlier seventh centuries CE. These are found in different parts of Wales and some other parts of Britain, as well as Ireland. They are inscribed in Latin and sometimes the Irish ogham alphabet and they marked the graves of men and, less frequently, women. This talk will examine the various landscape contexts in which the stones have been found, what the inscriptions can tell us about contacts with Ireland and the Continent and what they reveal about changing identities - Roman, Irish and British - in the post-Roman period, as well as conversion to Christianity.