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''De Situ Albanie'' (or ''dSA'' for short) is the name given to the first of seven Scottish documents found in the so-called Poppleton Manuscript, now in the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris. It was probably written sometime between 1202 and 1214, in the reign of the William the Lion, by a French-speaking resident of Scotland (north of the Forth), as an introduction to the compilation. The title is taken from the opening words of the piece, which reads: "''De Situ Albanie que in se figuram hominis habet quomodo fuit primitus is septem regionibus diuisa quibusque nominibus antiquitus sit uocata et a quibus inhabitata''" ==''De Situ Albanie'' and the Seven Kingdoms== The piece proceeds to carry out the purpose highlighted in the introduction. It recounts that Albanectus, son of Brutus, had seven sons; and that, on his death, the kingdom was split into 7 parts, each one corresponding to a son. The writer lists the seven ancient kingdoms/sons of Albania/Albanectus. LIST ONE (or DSa) * Angus with the Mearns (''Enegus cum Moerne'') * Atholl and Gowrie (''Adtheodle et Gouerin'') * Strathearn with Menteith (''Sradeern cum Meneted'') * Fife with Fothriff (''Fif cum Fothreue'') * Mar with Buchan (''Marr cum Buchen'') * Moray and Ross (''Muref et Ross'') * Caithness this side of the mountains and over the mountains (''Cathanesia citra montem et ultra montem'') The author then tells us that Andrew, Bishop of Caithness, related another list. This list contradicts the first, as when, for instance, the seventh kingdom in Andreas' list is Argyll rather than Caithness. LIST TWO (or DSb) * Forth to Tay * Forth to ''Hilef'' * Hilef to Dee * Dee to Spey * Spey to Druimm nAlban * Moray and Ross * Argyll (''Arregaithel'') The author shows no awareness that the two lists contradict each other. Since the author was probably a Scotto-Norman, this should not surprise us. There have been suggestions that the first list corresponds to a list of Bishoprics, leaving the second as more authentic. What is certain is that the medieval Scots did have legends of seven ancient kingdoms. 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「De Situ Albanie」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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