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LIBER PRIMUS.
DE SONIS.
Soni liiiguae celticae, quae deprehenditur una linguarum
Asiae et Europae affinium a primordio^ in aliis quidem concordans
cum ceteris ejusdem origiuis, in aliis propria et sui generis, quam-
vis sit et ipsa divisa, ex quo exstant scripta monumenta, in duo
praecipue genera , unum hibernicum , alterum britannicum galli-
cumque, sese habent ut Imgua ipsa omnis. Concordant scilicet
in summa quidem cum sonis aliarum affinium linguarum, in spe-
cie tamen propriis viis et legibus evolvuntur. Quas sonorum tam
origines quam leges evolutionis eruere , stamina et elementa ergo
linguae utriusque, hibernicae et britamiicae, exponcre, hujus primi
libri argumentum erit.
Sonorum signa i. e. Hterae, ex quo traduntur gallicae voces
vel nomina a Romanis, ex quo transiit chi-istiana religio a Roma-
nis ad Gallos, Britannos et Hibernos, romana sunt vel latina, quae
apud Hibernos jam inde a seculo quinto propria forma exculta et
transgi*essa ad Anglos et Saxones nomen acceperunt literarum
anglosaxonicarum vel scripturae anglosaxonicae. Ante literas has
a Romanis receptas apud populos cehicos scripturam propriam in
usu fuisse, testimonium perhibere videtur nomen Oginms, dei
gallici sermonis et linguae, quod scilicet nomen apud Hibernos
usque ad hodierna tempora servatum est in voce Ogam fOgliam,
OgluimJ designante scripturae vetustae hibernicae proprium ge-
nus, obvium in lapidum inscriptionibus vetustis, cognitumque
VOL. I. 1

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Volume 1
DescriptionVolume I of Zeuss's "Grammatica celtica", Leipzig:Weidmann, 1853.
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Grammatica celtica
Description"... e monumentis vetustis tam hibernicae linguae quam britannicae dialecti cambricae cornicae armoricae nec non e gallicae priscae reliquiis." A complete Grammar of the four ancient Celtic dialects--Irish or Gaelic--and the three British dialects, Welsh, Cornish, and Armoric. Written in Latin. 2 volumes.
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Blair Collection
DescriptionA selection of books from a collection of more than 500 titles, mostly on religious and literary topics. Also includes some material dealing with other Celtic languages and societies. Collection created towards the end of the 19th century by Lady Evelyn Stewart Murray.
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.