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From The “Historia Brittonum” Commonly Attributed to Nennius; From a Manuscript Lately Discovered in the Library of the Vatican Palace at Rome: edited in the Tenth Century by Mark the Hermit with an English Version, Fac Simile of the Original, Notes and Illustrations, by the Rev. W. Gunn, London: Printed for John and Arthur Arch, 1819; pp. i-ii.



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Black and white Fac Simile copy of the manuscript of the Historia Brittonium copied by Mark the Hermit, 1813.

Fac-Simile of the Vatican MS. of the Historia Brittonum.



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THE

“HISTORIA BRITTONUM,”

COMMONLY ATTRIBUTED TO

NENNIUS 
FROM A MANUSCRIPT

LATELY DISCOVERED IN THE

LIBRARY OF THE VATICAN PALACE AT ROME;

EDITED IN THE TENTH CENTURY,

BY MARK THE HERMIT;

WITH AN

ENGLISH VERSION



FAC SIMILE OF THE ORIGINAL

Notes and Illustrations,

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BY

THE REV. W. GUNN, B. C.

RECTOR OF IRSTEAD, NORFOLK.

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“Quale est, quod ex obscuro specu enitentibus paulatim se ostendit inter lucem tenebrasque medium,” — H. Grotius de Ver.

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LONDON :

PRINTED FOR JOHN AND ARTHUR ARCH,

CORNHILL.

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1819.






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      J. McCreery, Printer,
Black-Horse-Court, London.



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