Chambers's encyclopaedia; a dictionary of universal knowledge . nscribed stones into two groups, oneof which is demonstrably later than the these four groups, which are (1) inscribed inRoman capitals only; (2) inscribed in Romanletters ami in , or and biliteral;(.3) inscribed in Ogams only; and (4) inscribedin Roman minuscules or small letters, the tirst andsecond have their chief development in Wales, andthe third an<l fourth in Ireland. Of the lirst group of sculptured stones there aresixty in Wales, twenty-three in England, six in Scotland, and nonein
Chambers's encyclopaedia; a dictionary of universal knowledge . nscribed stones into two groups, oneof which is demonstrably later than the these four groups, which are (1) inscribed inRoman capitals only; (2) inscribed in Romanletters ami in , or and biliteral;(.3) inscribed in Ogams only; and (4) inscribedin Roman minuscules or small letters, the tirst andsecond have their chief development in Wales, andthe third an<l fourth in Ireland. Of the lirst group of sculptured stones there aresixty in Wales, twenty-three in England, six in Scotland, and nonein Theyare in general pillar-stones or oblongboulders from 4 to!l feel in height, theiiiscri])tions gener-ally incised verti-cally. They arealways in the , andusually consist ofthe name of thedeceased, precededliy one or other ofliie varieties of theilistinctivelv Christian fornnila Hiejacet, &c. Thegreater niiiiiher ofthese stones arefound in association with ancient ecclesiasticalsites, and some bear also incised crosses of the. Fig. 1.—The Cat Stane. earliest known type. A well-known examide isthe Cat Stane near Kirkliston, Midlothian (), which stands in a cemetery of early Chris-tian graves, and bears the iiLscriiition, IN [lljocTVMVLO JACIT VETTA F[lLIUS] VICTI. One of a group of three at Kirkmadrine in Wigtownshirecommemorates two priests, Viventius and Mavor-ius, jnobably of the church founded there by StNinian in the 5th century. The greater purity ofthe forms of the letters and the style of the Latinof the inscriptions of this group indicates theircloser proximity to the period of the Roman occupa-tion. The characteristic of the second group ofinscribed stones is that they bear two ,one in the Latin language and in Roman letters(capitals as a rule), and the other in the vernacularin Ogam letters, one inscription being always anecho of the other. Of bilingual monumentsthere are eighteen in Wales, two in England (bothi
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