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T. Powel, _Ystorya de Carolo Magno_ (London, 1883); _Psalmau Dafydd trans. by W. Morgan_ (facsimile, 1896); Owen Jones (Myfyr) and W. Owen (Pughe), _Barddoniaeth Dafydd ab Gwilym_ (London, 1789); Walter Davies and J. Jones, _Poetical Works of Lewis Glyn Cothi_ (1837); Prince Louis Bonaparte, _Athrawaeth Gristnogavl by Morys Clynoc_ (facsimile London, 1880); Walter Davies, _Caniadau Huw Morus_ (2 vols., 1823); _Psalmau Dafydd gan W. Middleton_ (Llanfair, 1827); J. Morris Jones, _Gweledugaethai y Bardd cwsg gan Elis Wynne_ (Bangor, 1898); R. Jones, _The Poetical Works of Goronwy Owen_ (2 vols. London, 1876); W.J. Gruffydd, _Cywyddau Goronwy Owen_ (Newport, 1906); T.E. Ellis, _Gweithiau Morgan Llwyd_ (Bangor, 1899); J.H. Davies, _Yn y Llyvyr hwn_ (Bangor, 1902); S.J. Evans, _Drych y Prif Oesoedd gan Th. Evans_ (Bangor, 1902); W.P. Williams, _Deffyniad Ffydd Eglwys Loegr gan Morys Kyffin_ (Bangor, 1908); N. Cynhafal Jones, _Gweithiau W. Williams Pantycelyn_ (2 vols., 1887-1891); O.M. Edwards, _Gweithiau Islwyn_ (1897). (W. J. G.) V. BRETON LITERATURE.--Unlike the literature of Wales, the literature of Brittany is destitute of originality, and we find nothing to compare with the _Mabinogion_. Till the 19th century all the monuments which have come down to us are copies of French models, though the retention down to the 17th century of that intricate system of versification found in Welsh and Cornish may indicate that what was really Breton in spirit has not been preserved (v. J. Loth, _La Metrique galloise_, ii. 177-203). It is usual to divide the literature into three periods in conformity with the language in which the monuments are written--Old, Middle, and Modern Breton. No connected monuments of the first period (8th to 11th centuries) have come down to us. For our knowledge of the language of this period we must have recourse to the manuscripts containing glosses and the names occurring in ancient documents. The chief collections of glosses are (1) the Oxford glosses on Eutychius; (2) the Luxemburg glosses; (3) the Bern glosses on Virgil; (4) the glosses on Amalarius (Corpus Christi, Cambridge); (5) five _Collationes Canonum_, the chief manuscripts being at Paris and Orleans. All these glosses have been published in one volume by J. Loth (_Vocabulaire Vieux-Breton_, Paris, 1884). From a linguistic point of view the Breton names in the Latin lives of saints are very important, parti
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