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Page 597
... poems by earlier representatives of the family . The other important document was the Fernaig manuscript , compiled between 1688 and 1693 , containing about 4,200 lines of verse , mostly political and religious . The two best known ...
... poems by earlier representatives of the family . The other important document was the Fernaig manuscript , compiled between 1688 and 1693 , containing about 4,200 lines of verse , mostly political and religious . The two best known ...
Page 598
... poems of Taliesin and Aneirin are typically heroic , the language is direct and simple , and the expression terse and vigorous . These poems , and others that have not been preserved , set standards for later ages . The alliterative ...
... poems of Taliesin and Aneirin are typically heroic , the language is direct and simple , and the expression terse and vigorous . These poems , and others that have not been preserved , set standards for later ages . The alliterative ...
Page 602
... poems were authentic . Prose . Luzel also collected folktales and legends , pub- lishing many in Breton as well as in French translation . His collaborator , Le Braz , published stories concerning an ankou ( " death " ) , as La Légende ...
... poems were authentic . Prose . Luzel also collected folktales and legends , pub- lishing many in Breton as well as in French translation . His collaborator , Le Braz , published stories concerning an ankou ( " death " ) , as La Légende ...
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