VINDILIS INSULA
VINDILIS INSULA on the Atlantic coast of
[p. 2.1311]Gallia, is mentioned in the Maritime Itin. after Uxantis and Sina or Sena. Middle age documents prove that the island of
Belle-île was once named
Guedel, and this is the name Vindilis, the interchange of Gu or G and W or V being common. [
VAPINCUM] Though this is the only evidence, it is sufficient, for the names agree, and
Belle-île is not likely to have been omitted in the Itin., when smaller islands along the coast are mentioned.
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