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quae pater, insignis rex, quae filius, quae fra-
tres, quae dilecti sodales gesserant, et quorum pars
magna fuit ipse, haec exornarit ? tales heroas ad
coelum laudibus extulerit ? jucundissima raptus
animi recordatione in ea, queis ipse studuerat ju-
venis, in eos, quos adamaverat, in eximia facta,
quae cum iis perpetraverat, superstes sic senium, sic
caecitatem, sic suorum desiderium solatus sit? Quid-
ni praeclara sentiret, easque virtutum morumque
exprimeret opiniones, quas tantopere admiramur ?
Contendit dein Laingius non potuisse Ossianis
poemata, vetusti nempe vatis, ad nos usque perve-
nire ; quum nec ab initio, nec post plurima sae-
cula fuerant htteris mandata. Quod scriptum est,
stabile ac permansurum vocat ; quod voce tantum
traditur, Laetheis delendum aquis committi dicit.
Verum haec hominis doctrina vel adducto jam re-
tunditur exemplo Homeri, cujus Rhapsodias per
multa servavit saecula sola recitatio. Quem porro
habet testem Laingius, ubi asserit Ossianis poe-
mata nec ab initio, nec plurima post saecula fuisse

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Phingalēis, sive Hibernia liberata
Description"Epicum Ossianis poema e Celtico sermone ... ab Alexandro Macdonald". Scottish Gaelic poetry translated into Latin.
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Ossian Collection
DescriptionSelected books from the Ossian Collection of 327 volumes, originally assembled by J. Norman Methven of Perth. Different editions and translations of James MacPherson's epic poem 'Ossian', some with a map of the 'Kingdom of Connor'. Also secondary material relating to Ossianic poetry and the Ossian controversy.
Early Gaelic Book Collections
DescriptionSelected items from five 'Special and Named Printed Collections'. Includes books in Gaelic and other Celtic languages, works about the Gaels, their languages, literature, culture and history.