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. 15-24, p. 188-192.
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AFRICUS, how to be understood page 95
Ambrosius Aurelianus, whence traditionally sprung 147
Alcuinus, the state of learning in his time xi. note.
Alleluia, the cry of, once used to assemble Christians 175
Anachoreta, Marcus, conjectures on 88
Anachoreta and Episcopus, how far consistent in the same person 89
Anchorites, chiefly laymen, occasionally invested with the episcopal dignity ibid.
——— when subject to regular jurisdiction ibid.
——— at the council in Trullo 90
——— a small island of, near Anglesy ibid.
Anglesy not enumerated as a british island, suggestions respecting 109, note.
Angles, whence so denominated 160
Armorican tract, the varying extent of 109
——— how described by Pere Lobineau 144
Asinius Pollio, censures the Commentaries of Cæsar 130
Author of this MS. supposed to be a Cambrian 96
Arthur, his twelve battles 178 to 183
Bangor, the term of described xxi. note.
Bewly, Samuel, not recognised by Mark xxiv
Bibliothecarius, applied to the Papal library, when first heard of ix. note.
Bibliotheca, the term, how once understood xviii. note.
Bishops numerous in Asia Minor 89
Brutus, the fable of, investigated 90
——— as he appears from ancient books and tradition 124
——— how far a Roman province under Claudius 132
Catwg (Cadog) the first abbot of Lancarvan 154
Cadell Deyrnllwg, the first of the Sovereigns of Powys 158
[189]Cair does not always designate a genuine british city 96
Canons, originally called patres dominici 186, note.
Carausius, his achievements 139
Caledonians, the German descent of, inferred by Tacitus 114
Cassibelinus raised to the chief command to oppose Cæsar 126
Cassiodorus founds a monastery at Squillaci xvi.
Cæsar, the appellation of, how long continued 143
——— his arrival in Britain 124
——— extent of his conquests in Britain 130
——— assassinated in the Curia of Pompey 131
Cœla, the unsettled orthography of 148
——— description of the vessel so denominated ibid.
Chronology, in early times imperfect 87 & 113
——— when the incarnation became a settled æra ibid.
Church, the, as to its external policy, held some conformity to the divisions of the Roman empire 89
Cities, british enumeration of 97
Consul, how applied in the middle ages 94
Consuls, the reputed rise of 142
Classical and vulgar dialects in ancient Rome adverted to 112
Cornich and Cynethian dynasties pre-eminent 119
Constantine the great, an error of concerning 141
Curiosities, the thirteen of Britain xxxii.
Cuneza (Cunedda) the family of, repel the Irish invaders 120 & 184
Date of this MS. ascertained 87
Dragons, the concealment of 167
Drusus Nero Claudius, a monument to his memory in Germany 133
Druidical order, on the gradual abolition of xxx.
——— rights survived the severe edicts issued by the Romans against them, xxxviii.
Dyvrig Beneurog, one of the associates of St. Germanus 154
Edmund, the fifth year of, the date of this MS. 152 & 184
Equantius, or Æquantius, conjectures on 151
Eubonia vel Manau island 109 & 110
Females transcribe MSS. xvi. note.
Figured hangings used in ancient Rome 132
Germany, how understood anciently 149
Germanus, St. his life and mission 152
——— how described in the Cambrian records 153
Glass, the tower of 118 & xxxi.
Græcia Magna, the inhabitants of, first noticed 90
Greeks of lower Italy, once denominated Italioti 90
——— scarcely visible in Italy till the time of Alexander 91
Guerth island, conjecture respecting 109
Guorthemer (Vortimer) introduced, the battles of 171
——— his dying request not complied with 173
Gwdhels and Scots, conjectures of 115
[190]Gwynez, the men of, rewarded for repelling invasions of the Scots and Picts 121
Hanes Taliesin, translation of 40
Helen, a chapel founded by, in Cair Segeint 141
Hengist and Horsa, the origin of deduced from Odin 150
Historia Brittonum, The MS. of, where discovered iii.
——— reasons for assigning it to the tenth century v. note.
——— MS. copies of, consulted ix.
——— assigned to various authors ix.
Hu Gadarn, leader of the Cymri in Britain 111
i changed into ẏ in ancient british MSS. 111 & 113
Illtyd Varchog, a Saint who accompanied St. Germanus 154
Illuminator described xvii. note.
Ireland, invading tribes from 118
Irish-Scots, the Scythic origin of 122
Jerome, St. censures the insufficient scribes of his day xv.
King of all Britain, how to be understood 111
Labial letters, how far convertible 112
Libraries, Papal ancient viii. note.
Library of the Vatican, how formed and augmented xiii. note.
Lobineau, Pere, ascertains the limits of Armorica 144-5
Lucius, his conversion to Christianity 133
——— intimations of in the Cambrian MSS. 133
Mabinogion tales, an enumeration of several xxxii. note.
Man, isle of, inhabited by Scots in the age of Orosius 119
Massacre of the long knives doubted 174
Maximus, his expedition into Gaul 144
——— confounded with Ambrosius 168
——— the long continued influence of his prophecies xxxviii.
Μιχροπολιτης, how understood 89
Miniator, described xvii. note.
Mother, his, a pleonasm, concluding the sentence in the pedigrees of the Welsh saints 156
Misericordiæ, the carvings on, noticed xix. note.
Names, change of among the Britons and Italians 88 & 185
Notarius, the term described xvi.
Octa and Ebissa introduced into Britain 161
[191]Orbis Romanus, how understood in the middle ages 159
Orkneys invaded by Octa and Ebissa 177
Ostium Tamensis, how to be understood 125
Pabo Post Prydain, a military british Saint 155
——— his tomb discovered in the seventeenth century 156
Palatine, Ulpian, and other libraries in ancient Rome viii. note.
Pelagius, his errors derived from Druidical opinions 153
Pergamenarius, an officer in monasteries xix. note.
Petrarch censures the scribes, his contemporaries xvi. note.
Picts, how described in the Triads 114
Picts and Scots, not original british tribes 113
Pict, when first recognised in authentic history 113
Piracy, the profession of, among the maritime people of the North 149
Policy, civil, of the ancient Britains 110
Pontifical College in ancient Rome, sanctioned popular tradition 92
Philænorum, the altars of the, where situated; perhaps tumuli 123
Prefixing the year of the reigning prince to MSS. once common 87
Proconsul, the term explained 126
Revived calf, the legend of still popular in Wales 156
Reguli british, most distinguished 119
——— embrace the cause of Rome 132
Roman history, early, uncertain 112
——— walls and forts in Britain 137
Romans, insidious policy of 130
Romulus, the legend of, when first adopted by the Greek writers 91
Rowena, the tale of, not alluded to by the Welsh bards 159
Saxons, tribes under that name invade Britain 147
Scyth, the name of, how defined by Pliny 122
Scilly islands, more numerous than formerly 109
Scots from Spain to Ireland 115 & 117
Sicily, the inhabitants of, when first noticed 90
Sinistralis and Aquilonaris defined, 169-177
Soul, the, how considered in the bardic theology 41
Thames, where crossed by Cæsar, opinions of 127
Thanet, the island of, delivered up to the Saxons 151
——— ancient and modern situation ibid.
Trojan, extraction of the Romans, when first assumed 91
——— approach, the first rumour of to be found in Ennius, ibid.
——— origin of, boasted by ancient families in Rome, 92
[192]Trojan, extravagant excess of this assumption, under Justinian, 92
——— in the vanquished nations of western Europe, 93
——— continued to the twelfth century ibid.
——— unknown to the authentic Cambrian records 93
——— when fixed by Jeffrey ibid.
Transcripts of MSS. lists of, once exposed to sale xvii. note.
Transcribers, secular, of MSS. once a numerous body xvi. note.
Twysogion, to what equivalent 94
Victory, alleluiatic, described 175
Virgil unjustly censured for countenancing the vulgar delusion of the Trojan extraction of the Romans 92
Vortigern reigns in Britain 146
——— flight with his twelve bards 163
Wales, South, freed from the Scots and Picts 122
Welsh hatred of the Anglo-Saxons 155
Ynys Lenach, or priest’s island, inhabited by Hermits 90
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