Proceedings of the British Academy, Volume 2British Academy, 1976 - Humanities |
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... Writing . The Gauls had learned to use the Greek alphabet from the people of Massalia , and though after the Roman conquest of Provence they gradually adopted the Roman script , yet Greek letters continued to be used occasionally in ...
... Writing . The Gauls had learned to use the Greek alphabet from the people of Massalia , and though after the Roman conquest of Provence they gradually adopted the Roman script , yet Greek letters continued to be used occasionally in ...
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... writing in the Latin alphabet before the Christian era combined with the antiquity of the forms in Ogham script renders it highly probable that the art of writing had reached Ireland from Gaul or Britain at a time anterior not merely to ...
... writing in the Latin alphabet before the Christian era combined with the antiquity of the forms in Ogham script renders it highly probable that the art of writing had reached Ireland from Gaul or Britain at a time anterior not merely to ...
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... writing was dressed for another purpose : it seems to have come out of a great building , and it bears on the face ... writing to obtain an idea to what it related . The placing of the Gaulish inscription so close to the upper edge of ...
... writing was dressed for another purpose : it seems to have come out of a great building , and it bears on the face ... writing to obtain an idea to what it related . The placing of the Gaulish inscription so close to the upper edge of ...
Contents
ERNST CURTIUS BY THOMAS HODGKIN FELLOW OF THE ACADEMY | 1 |
NEUTRAL DUTIES IN A MARITIME WAR AS ILLUSTRATED BY RECENT | 1 |
CELTAE AND GALLI BY JOHN RHYS FELLOW OF THE ACADEMY Read | 1 |
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