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The Kelt or Gael. 17
When the Latins came into contact with the Latins and
same people, they called them Galli and their
country Gallia. The people generally called
themselves Galls, or Gauls, or Gaels, or Gaedhils,
or Gwyddels, according to dialect and locality.
The Latins, however, soon found there were two
Gauls — Trans- Alpine Gaul, including the whole Two Gauis.
of the present France, Belgium, and West
Switzerland, with the line of the Rhine to the
sea, and the Pyrenees, with most probably the
Cymric peninsula, the present Schleswick-Holstein,
and Jutland or Angeln. Cis-Alpine Gaul included
the whole of North Italy. It was divided by the
Po into Cispadine and Transpadine Gaul. At
the time Rome came into contact with Etruria,
the latter probably formed no part of the Gallic
nation on both banks of the Po, and its traditions
connected it with the Raseni of Rhaetia. But
the remainder of Northern Italy was at that time
Gallic in race and language, viz., the present
Umbria, Romagna, Lombardy, Venetia, I stria,
Genoista, or Liguria, and Piedmont, with Italian
Switzerland or Helvetia.
When the Latins became acquainted with Greek
literature, they sometimes called the Galli, Celtae ;
and when Latin literature was in the ascendant,
the Greeks called the Keltoi Galli, or Gallati,
until both words were used without distinction by
Latin and Greek writers. Wherever hereafter
I use Kelt or Keltic, it includes Gael or Gaelic.
The whole of the Alps are Gallic or Keltic ; in The Alps.
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When the Latins came into contact with the Latins and
same people, they called them Galli and their
country Gallia. The people generally called
themselves Galls, or Gauls, or Gaels, or Gaedhils,
or Gwyddels, according to dialect and locality.
The Latins, however, soon found there were two
Gauls — Trans- Alpine Gaul, including the whole Two Gauis.
of the present France, Belgium, and West
Switzerland, with the line of the Rhine to the
sea, and the Pyrenees, with most probably the
Cymric peninsula, the present Schleswick-Holstein,
and Jutland or Angeln. Cis-Alpine Gaul included
the whole of North Italy. It was divided by the
Po into Cispadine and Transpadine Gaul. At
the time Rome came into contact with Etruria,
the latter probably formed no part of the Gallic
nation on both banks of the Po, and its traditions
connected it with the Raseni of Rhaetia. But
the remainder of Northern Italy was at that time
Gallic in race and language, viz., the present
Umbria, Romagna, Lombardy, Venetia, I stria,
Genoista, or Liguria, and Piedmont, with Italian
Switzerland or Helvetia.
When the Latins became acquainted with Greek
literature, they sometimes called the Galli, Celtae ;
and when Latin literature was in the ascendant,
the Greeks called the Keltoi Galli, or Gallati,
until both words were used without distinction by
Latin and Greek writers. Wherever hereafter
I use Kelt or Keltic, it includes Gael or Gaelic.
The whole of the Alps are Gallic or Keltic ; in The Alps.
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Description | His ethnography, geography and philology. |
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Shelfmark | Blair.17 |
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Description | A 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. |
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Description | Selected 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. |
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