The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General Literature, 10. köideThomas Spencer Baynes, William Robertson Smith R.S. Peale, 1890 |
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... remains are found in the collections in Trinity College , Dublin , and in the library of the Irish Royal Academy ; but there are numerous remains in the Edinburgh Advocates ' Library , which prove at least that there were in Scotland ...
... remains are found in the collections in Trinity College , Dublin , and in the library of the Irish Royal Academy ; but there are numerous remains in the Edinburgh Advocates ' Library , which prove at least that there were in Scotland ...
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... remains of Scottish Gaelic writing in existence . There is the Glenmasan MS . in the Edinburgh Advocates ' Library , inscribed with the date 1238 , and con- taining several interesting fragments . Here we find the famous lay of Deirdre ...
... remains of Scottish Gaelic writing in existence . There is the Glenmasan MS . in the Edinburgh Advocates ' Library , inscribed with the date 1238 , and con- taining several interesting fragments . Here we find the famous lay of Deirdre ...
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... remains of Gaelic literature . It may interest readers and aid students of Gaelic to furnish here a list of some of the more important printed books in the language . They are as follows : - Fragments in Report of Highland Society on ...
... remains of Gaelic literature . It may interest readers and aid students of Gaelic to furnish here a list of some of the more important printed books in the language . They are as follows : - Fragments in Report of Highland Society on ...
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... remains of Byzantine monasteries and fine churches of the time of the crusades . There are also re- mains of Greek architecture in various places , but the most intresting buildings are the ancient synagogues . These have not been found ...
... remains of Byzantine monasteries and fine churches of the time of the crusades . There are also re- mains of Greek architecture in various places , but the most intresting buildings are the ancient synagogues . These have not been found ...
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... remains of a synagogue of richly ornamental style built of black basalt . A small spring occurs on the north . Tell Hûm is an important ruin on the shore south of the last mentioned site . The remains consist of foundations and ...
... remains of a synagogue of richly ornamental style built of black basalt . A small spring occurs on the north . Tell Hûm is an important ruin on the shore south of the last mentioned site . The remains consist of foundations and ...
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