Britannia Minor : in french "Petite Bretagne", i.e. Britanny
Britannia Major : Grande Bretagne, Great Britain
The locution "petite Bretagne" is quite usual in old and middle french,
aqn dit would incite us to suppose the author to be french speaking
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n'en sai plus dire.
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Denis Hüe
Université de Rennes 2
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