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Inside St Cadfan's Church, Tywyn, Gwynedd is an inscribed stone cross called the Cadfan Stone (or the ''Tywyn Stone''). On it are the earliest known inscriptions in the Welsh language. Recent scholarship dates the inscriptions to the 9th century.〔Edwards, Nancy. 2013. ''A Corpus of Early Medieval Inscribed Stones and Stone Sculpture in Wales. Vol. III: North Wales''. Cardiff: University of Wales Press, p. 430.〕 They were previously considered to be older. Ifor Williams dated them to the 8th century,〔William, Ifor. 1972. ''The Beginnings of Welsh Poetry''. Cardiff: University of Wales Press, pp. 25-40. His opinion is reflected in John Davies, Menna Baines, Nigel Jenkins and Peredur Lynch (ed.), ''The Welsh Academy Encyclopaedia of Wales'' (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 2008).〕 and a late 7th century or early 8th century date was suggested by Kenneth H. Jackson.〔Jackson, K. H. 1953. ''Language and History in Early Britain''. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, pp. 189 and 386.〕 A date between the 7th century and the 9th century is suggested by ''Coflein'', the website of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales.〔(St Cadfan's Church, Tywyn ).〕 Originally the stone stood over 2.3 metres tall, but it now measures 2.18m tall by 0.25m and 0.2m.〔(Coflein Website )〕 Below is the interpretation given in the most recent study of the stone (sides A, B, C and D) by Nancy Edwards.〔Edwards, Nancy. 2013. ''A Corpus of Early Medieval Inscribed Stones and Stone Sculpture in Wales. Vol. III: North Wales''. Cardiff: University of Wales Press, p. 430.〕 ;A/D. ''Tengr(um)ui cimalted gu(reic) / Adgan // anterunc du But Marciau'' 'Tengrumui wedded wife of Adgan (lies) fairly near ('' or '' very near) to Bud (and) Marciau (''or'' But Marciau).' ;A. ''m(ortci)c ar tr(i)'' 'The mortal remains of the three' ;B/C. ''Cun ben Celen // tricet nitanam'' 'Cun woman (''or'' wife of Celyn), a mortal wound remains.' ;C. ''mort/cic pe/tuar'' 'The mortal remains of four' Despite its undoubted significance, the Cadfan Stone has had relatively little attention from Welsh authors and poets. One exception is the poem 'Cofebion Tywyn' by Owain Owain, published in ''Y Faner'' on 7 April 1972. == References == 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cadfan Stone」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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