Revue celtique - National Library of Scotland

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Périodiques.
by Mr. Brash (pp. 197-200). The number closes with an instalment of 'Oi
ginal documents '.
July, 1873. This number besides many able articles on archaeologii
subjects contains one by Boyd Dawkins.
South Lancashire by the English '
' On the date of the conquest
: according to him they fought t
battie of Chester in 607, and having beaten the Welsh they must hi
soon added to their dominions the flat country inciuding South Lancashii
thus the Welsh were permanently divided from their cousins of the north in t
beginning ofthe 7th century (pp. 236-9).— Chevalier Lloyd continues his 'H'
tory ofthe Lordship of Maelor Gymraeg' (pp. 240-258). — A list by Mr. Rh
of « Welsh words borrowed from Latin, Greek and Hebrew » (pp. 258-271
it is merely tentative.— Mr. Brash maintains in the 'correspondence' (pp. 28$
the Irish claim to the old inscriptions : his philology is of the Vallancey tyf
The number fmishes with « Original documents » to which is added the fi-
instalment of Lewis Morris' unpublished « Celtic Remains'» consisting of a S(
of dictionary of names of men and places and highly interesting in many r
pects to ail concerned with Wales and the Welsh.
Oct. 1873. This number is mostly archasological excepting Mr. Rhys' 'Wei
words borrowed from Latin, Greek and Hebrew' continued(pp. 355-365). Inlj
correspondence he défends his position against Mr. Brash and gives the readij
of two new Oghams which hediscovered last summer, one in Denbighshire a
one in Pembrokeshire ; the former is the only one known in North Wa
(pp. 386-8).— Mr. Howel W. Lloyd enters a protest against Rhys' derivingj
many Welsh words from Latin, alleging that only proof of a common orij
is given — his own instances of etymologizing rob his protest ofthe weighl!
should carry (pp. 390-1). The 'Celtic Remains' are continued.
January 1874. This number is also mostly archaeological — 'Welsh woij
borrowed from Latin etc.' are continued (pp. 52-59). Mr. Rhys has also a sh'j
article 'On some of our British Inscriptions' (pp. 17-21) : he reads the Pi^
Park stone near Ruthin svmilini tovisagi and in Ogham suu^h-n» and i
re-discovered stone of Vitalianus vitaliani emereto and in Ogh
viTALiANi : the Bridell Ogham he would read Nettas.\.gru maqi Mm;
Breci, and the Ogham on the Cilgeran stone he reads for the first time Tre>
Gusu MAQI Maqitreni. In the 'correspondence' he invites Mr. Howell ^
Lloyd to help instead of protesting, and deals very tenderly with his ideas
philology. Pp. 91-3 we hâve a short account from the Irish Bidldcr of a Soij
British Ogham examined by Dr. S. Ferguson at Tavistock, Devonshire readij
... NABARR... The Roman inscription accompanying it reads Dobunni fai'
FiLi Enabarri. The 'Celtic Remains' are continued.
C.ARNARVON and Denbigii Herald, numéros des 29 novembre et 6 décemlj
1873. The Early Imcribed stones of Wales, by John Rhys. L'auteur a tiré à pi
en brochure ces deux articles dont la vraie place eût été VArchœolo^
Cambrensis plutôt qu'un journal. M. Rhys a employé ses vacances de 187-