The “ Fragments of Bignan ” are the name usually given in the Breton studies to two fragments in Means-Breton published by Joseph Loth in the Celtic Revue in 1887. The text given by Loth is the following:

I.
 
 
of nep amao has 
ha deze ol gotib
nep has solicited in will dra.
 
 
good-bye Jahanic deffet
year autru doe ro sicro
Jesus map doe roey in
roz sicoro ouz Ho tiege.
 
 
Amen.
 
 
II.
 
 
 nep bezouet gay
 diffalas? EM to break
 men: er has ober joyae
 
 
 Jahanic me OZ fart
tavarnen Na hoateit quet
 palamour den davarn has
 er bedis ouz Ho barn
 
 
 Al merch flam in pep amser
 to break in hon bro ny
 quement den has so in hy
 ha bihan has fart glove hi
 
 
nose chechmate ha habaster
 hanet in pep amser
 ha lavenez er Study Bureau man

Sources

• Joseph Loth. Two new fragments in Breton means, Re-examined Celtic , 1887, vol. VIII, p. 161-164.