An essay towards illustrating the ancient history of the Britannic Isles containing an explanation of the names Belgæ, Scythæ, Celtæ, Brittanni, Albanich, Erinnich, Caledonii, Siluri, &c., &c. : Intended as a preface to a work entitled, A vindication of the ancient history of Ireland / By C.V. [ie. Charles Vallancey].

  • Vallancey, Charles, 1721-1812.
Date:
1786
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Credit: An essay towards illustrating the ancient history of the Britannic Isles containing an explanation of the names Belgæ, Scythæ, Celtæ, Brittanni, Albanich, Erinnich, Caledonii, Siluri, &c., &c. : Intended as a preface to a work entitled, A vindication of the ancient history of Ireland / By C.V. [ie. Charles Vallancey]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    [ 2° ] people, wfio coloftized the Weftern part of the World* who called that divifion of the Globe 2T\y orb, whence Eorp or Europa, and the Heberides on the Weft of Scotland. Who, on difeovery of the Brittannic Ifles, named the Eaftern Albania,, and the Weftern Ierna, or Iberna. Who finding the North of Scotland (that is, the Northern part of the Eaftern Ifland), cold and bar* ren, named it Choledinah, i. e. Wl Choi, terra frigida, ficca & fterilis r\Tl denah, Orientalise Who ftill finding a country more eaftvvard, named it Dinahmarchk, i. e. nil denah, Eaftern, pmD merhk* more diftant. Who finding the Scylly Iftands to be barren rocks, called them Sulah-rafh, i. e. the barren* head land, whence Silures ; and who finding Britain to abound in minerals, named it •'KTJl’nsy apru- tinai, i. e. * Terra mineralis, whence the Irilh name of it Brutan-aoi; and who finding an Ifland centrical between Britain and Ireland, named it rttD Mendz, whence Manx, or the Ifle or Man; yet the poets de¬ rive the name from Mananann, or the God of the ‘Sea, as hereafter Who gave the natne Caftiraoi to the Silures, be- caufe they abounded in tin, a name brought with them from Caucafu»; for Can or Co fignifies a moun¬ tain, and Cas oar, iron oar, Cafiir, tin, lead, i. e. Koval Oar, concealed in the earth, whence the Chab dale and Arabic KTSPp Caftira %. * Piantavit at j- Irifh Meahon. Penf. Miyane. the center. Et opes habitantes (mendz] ip mediojumbiheo terra. Ezek. xxxviii. 12. Chaldee. J. Sclavonire Koffiter, iVannum. Suio-Gothice K after plum- bum. Gr, ttaamrE^oq. (Vide Tommaflim Gloll. Hebr. Ihre. Lex. Suio-GotlW N, B. Cas qp Ce-as is Qar.in general. Iron done often lies above ground, but lead..and tin are caftir, concealed in the earth ; hence the learned Tqmaffin derives the Chald. Caftira, ouafl celare. Who,